a bookish term for "well-endowed"

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Maryna Vinarska wrote:

> I agree. It simply slipped my memory. I read your posting after I
> sent mine. But mine "also colloquial" meant that "grudastaja" is as 
> qolloquial as the English word is. I have "Oxford Advanced Learner's
> D." on my desk. It says that the English word is "informal,
> humourous". So I wrote what I wrote.
> 
> And as to "pyshnogrudaja",  yes, it is not "informal or humorous",
> but exactly from the HIGH-brow literature.
> 
> And I have no idea if the English word is really informal and
> humorous in American English. It's the first time I have seen this
> word at all, I think.

I've mostly heard "well-endowed" as a euphemistic or polite way around 
saying a woman has large breasts or a man has a large penis. It can 
often be said with a smile or a chuckle, and it can be said in the 
politest of company -- though of course the subject itself would 
probably be off-limits there. You won't hear it in a locker room, where 
much cruder phrasings prevail.

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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