"Word" of the Day
Steatopygia - n. - an accumulation of a large amount of fat on the buttocks that occurs especially among women of some peoples of African descent —
Last night I hung out with my friend Mark from work. He pulled this word out of his hat and I was extremely impressed. Apparently his mom was talking about several young African American women she had seen around town with "shelf-like" bottoms. Then she used this word to describe what she saw. Mark describes his mother as brilliant...I can see why.
I love the English language and how there are words that describe things so clearly in several syllables.
Was this word the predecessor to booty?
I can hear the rappers now...."Back that steatopygia up!"
Word.
1 comment:
What an anomalous (awesome) word! I love words and thought that I had a prodigous vocab, but of course there's always a new word hiding around the corner, waiting to jump out at me. Wow Steatopgia, yep, it's definitely a possibility for a rap! Steato + puge (rump) + ia, and now I know how to pronounce it.
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