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[scottobear]

Callipygean--Having a well-shaped buttocks.

Thank you, oh thank you, dictionary.com

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[mintygirl.livejournal.com]

and thank *you* for sharing! can we get some pronunciation as well? or perhaps just some "definition." heh!

And the antonym...

[(Anonymous)]

Steatopygean

I first learned these words years ago when a columnist referred to a question asked by the steatopygic Helen Thomas of the callipygic Dee Dee Myers. :D

Re: And the antonym...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

*snerks again!!

Wow! who, pray tell, are you?

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=callipygian

has the pronounciation guide. :)

[mtothe5th.livejournal.com]

Try "spathic"...

heh.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

spath·ic (spthk)
adj.

Having good cleavage. Used of minerals.

:) Very cute!!

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[mintygirl.livejournal.com]

thank you! i wonder if i can get dictionary.com to pronounce names for me. hmmmm....i need that in my line of work.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

hmm... mayyybe.

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[mintygirl.livejournal.com]

i checked, there's not really way. oh well.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I guess you can always ask. :)

no set rules for a variety of cultures and mindsets for names...

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[mintygirl.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's the problem! well, i guess it's not a problem. and i am absolutely terrible at trying to guess pronounciations.

Buttocks

[ex-foom23660.livejournal.com]

There should be a photo of my callipygean as an example.

Re: Buttocks

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I think that's not quite the proper usage...

'callipygean form' maybe?