well-endowed

[Wilson Gray]

Jon, thanks to Viagra and its competitors, that world doesn't have to
remain long-departed. You need only ask your primary-care physician.

Wilson

On May 26, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> Yes.
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> Related terms were "endowments" - always plural, of course - and
> "bounty," as in "shares her bounty with readers in this month's gala
> gatefold."
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> These recollections reach me as though messages from some
> long-departed world.
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> JL
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> 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.
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>> A Hefnerian synonym was "bountiful." They say.
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>> JL
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> Just for dInIs's sense (1), not (2), right?
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>> "Dennis R. Preston"
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>> 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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