[Ads-l] gird, n.

[Laurence Horn]

> On Oct 26, 2019, at 10:09 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Duluth Trading Co. is urging guys to "lull their loins" with a pair of its
> "Dang Soft Underwear."  ("Like a pillow for your package.")
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xQ-pzcYBlU
> 
> But the issue here is that Dang Soft is also "like a cuddly panda hugged
> your gird."
> 
> Maybe they mean "girth," but idiomatically even that's a (wait for it)
> stretch.
> 
> But gird is the word.  Maybe because "loins" are involved.

And maybe because…rhyme.

One rejected alternative:

Pamper your package all its worth,
Like a cuddly panda hugged your girth.

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