[Ads-l] gird, n.

[Jonathan Lighter]

More precisely, gird gird gird gird is the word.

JL

On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 7:07 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > gird is the word.
>
> Two thumbs up!
>
> On Sat, 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.
> >
> > JL
> >
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