[Reader-list] buttocks

Rana Dasgupta rana_dasgupta at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 31 10:55:17 IST 2002


greek 'puge' = buttocks.  leads to many interesting
words in english:

chromopygous - having painted buttocks 
hypopygous - having a deficiency of buttocks 
apygous - having no buttocks 
hypothermopygous - having cold buttocks 
triplopygous - having three buttocks 
monolithopygous - having one hard mass of buttocks 
quesopygous - having buttocks that smell like cheese 
cryptopygous - having mysterious buttocks 
nebulopygous - having vaguely defined buttocks 
andropygous - having manly buttocks 
hippopygous - having horselike buttocks 
megalomanipygous - having delusions of grand buttocks 
sinopygous - having Chinese buttocks 
rhinopygous - having a nose between your buttocks 
aeropygous - having streamlined buttocks 
orthopygous - having well-toned buttocks 
harmonipygous - having well-tempered buttocks 
jellopygous - having gelatinous buttocks 
gelatopygous - having deliciously desserty buttocks 
oratopygous - speaking through one's buttocks 
calcipygous - having bony buttocks 
lithopygous - having buttocks of stone 

"Callipygia," by the way, using the Greek prefix kale
= "good" (as in calligraphy), means "having shapely
buttocks."


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