well-endowed

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes.

Related terms were "endowments" - always plural, of course - and "bounty," as in "shares her bounty with readers in this month's gala gatefold."

These recollections reach me as though messages from some long-departed world.

JL



Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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At 4:30 AM -0700 5/26/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>_Playboy_ was using this in the '60s. They say.
>
>A Hefnerian synonym was "bountiful." They say.
>
>JL

Just for dInIs's sense (1), not (2), right?
L
>
>"Dennis R. Preston"
wrote:
>...
>
>well-en=B7dowed (wln-doud)
>adj.
>1. Having large breasts.
>2. Having large genitals. Used of a male.
>3. Having a large endowment or amount of money.
>


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