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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1187.1 | bud-shaped | NETCAD::ROLKE | The FDDI Genome Project | Mon Feb 10 1997 08:28 | 14 |
| Pyriform: pear-shaped.
I've heard the term in reference to how people put on weight.
Some people are "pears" since they accumulate fat on their hips and thighs
and none on their arms.
Others are "apples" since they accumulate fat on their upper bodies more
uniformly.
I suppose it is becoming popular since so many Baby Boomers are experiencing
this transition now. Also, I've heard reference to these names on popular
PBS television shows.
Chuck, who is working feverishly on his "beer belly"
see also http://alpha2.bmc.uu.se/~gerard/pxfun/X0009_Useful_idom.rtf.html
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| 1187.2 | | SMURF::BINDER | Errabit quicquid errare potest. | Mon Feb 10 1997 08:30 | 3 |
| FWIW, studies seem to show, at least for women, that going pear-shaped
is less unhealthy than going apple-shaped. Pear-shaped women tend to
die at more advanced ages.
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| 1187.3 | | SSDEVO::BRUZENAK | | Mon Feb 17 1997 06:26 | 5 |
| Re: .2
Sort of like "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down?"
:-) Bruzer
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| 1187.4 | We have English friends who use the term | CPCOD::JOHNSON | Many barely noticed miracles surround us | Wed Feb 19 1997 10:16 | 6 |
| Things going pear-shaped is an English term used to describe what happens
when plans begin to go awry, and you begin to loose control over events -
things didn't happen the way you thought they would.
Leslie
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| 1187.5 | 'Ello, 'Ello, 'Ello! | KEEF::PETERS | | Thu Feb 20 1997 03:49 | 9 |
| I've only ever heard the term on British TV Policew dramas (such as the
Bill). If a carefully planned operation goes wrong one officer is
usually heard to exclaim "Everything's gone pear-shaped".
Back to the base note - why? I've no idea. Perhaps since pear-shaped is
supposed to be a rotten shape for a person it's also a rotten shape for
a plan. Anyone?
Steve
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| 1187.6 | pear-shaped tones? | ENQUE::PARODI | John H. Parodi DTN 381-1640 | Thu Feb 20 1997 09:18 | 7 |
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Wait, what about the desire to achieve pear-shaped tones, e.g., in
voice lessons? I've no idea what is meant by this but I've heard the
term many times in this context.
JP
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| 1187.7 | | AUSSIE::WHORLOW | Digits are never unfun! | Sat Mar 15 1997 01:07 | 7 |
| G'day,
Clearly pear-shaped is 'out of round' so they have become bent out of
shape or distressed, or bald (failed to keep hair on)
djw
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