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− | The Oxford English Dictionary defines '''''fubsy''''' as meaning "fat and squat, from late 18th century: from dialect ''fubs'' 'small fat person', perhaps a blend of ''fat'' and ''chub''," but [[Eney]] implies a more attractive [[fannish]] meaning: "plump, pleasant and slightly pedomorphic." | + | The Oxford English Dictionary defines '''''fubsy''''' as meaning "fat and squat, from late 18th century: from dialect ''fubs'' 'small fat person', perhaps a blend of ''fat'' and ''chub''," but [[Dick Eney]] implies a more attractive [[fannish]] meaning: "plump, pleasant and slightly pedomorphic." In ''I Will Fear No Evil'', [[Robert A. Heinlein]] refers to "a round, fubsy box." |
− | + | This perhaps means only that both of them had a taste for obscure vocabulary and the word was never [[fanspeak]] at all, but [[we]] thought you'd like to know what it means, anyway. | |
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And looking at the result a generation later makes me uncomfortably aware of the changes that took place since 1959. I can laugh at my comment to our remote posterity, "For our readers in the year 2000..." But who'd have thought that describing [[Kabu]]'s females as "fubsy" [plump, pleasant and slightly pedomorphic] would have become offensive for people who saw the word as related to "[[fubba-wubba]]" [fat, sloppy and cranky]? | And looking at the result a generation later makes me uncomfortably aware of the changes that took place since 1959. I can laugh at my comment to our remote posterity, "For our readers in the year 2000..." But who'd have thought that describing [[Kabu]]'s females as "fubsy" [plump, pleasant and slightly pedomorphic] would have become offensive for people who saw the word as related to "[[fubba-wubba]]" [fat, sloppy and cranky]? | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 12 August 2023
The Oxford English Dictionary defines fubsy as meaning "fat and squat, from late 18th century: from dialect fubs 'small fat person', perhaps a blend of fat and chub," but Dick Eney implies a more attractive fannish meaning: "plump, pleasant and slightly pedomorphic." In I Will Fear No Evil, Robert A. Heinlein refers to "a round, fubsy box."
This perhaps means only that both of them had a taste for obscure vocabulary and the word was never fanspeak at all, but we thought you'd like to know what it means, anyway.
From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
And looking at the result a generation later makes me uncomfortably aware of the changes that took place since 1959. I can laugh at my comment to our remote posterity, "For our readers in the year 2000..." But who'd have thought that describing Kabu's females as "fubsy" [plump, pleasant and slightly pedomorphic] would have become offensive for people who saw the word as related to "fubba-wubba" [fat, sloppy and cranky]? |
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