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Post by Vadim on Jun 28, 2008 17:19:23 GMT
Oh, trust me, Paul, it is (at any rate, it is on the other sort of websites I visit). In fact, I'd always assumed it was a male-descriptive term; I'd associated it in my mind with that buffed look that shaved (and I'm not talking face, here), oiled, male porn-stars have. Evidently it's gender-neutral. I'm with you, Barry, or not, or am I? Oh I'm confused I am, but not in that way! Anyway, I would never describe a rather attractive (young or old) lady/girl as "buff". I have ONLY ever heard this uesd for the types of males suggested by Barry. For females, it's simply "Fit as f***". ;D
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Post by Pete on Jun 28, 2008 17:33:12 GMT
Pete: welcome to god-hood. Thank you, Paul. It's go(o)d to be here!
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 28, 2008 17:53:30 GMT
Anyway, I would never describe a rather attractive (young or old) lady/girl as "buff". I have ONLY ever heard this used for the types of males suggested by Barry. Remember, Vadim, that we are talking about age-specific terms. I quite accept that at 26 you wouldn't describe a girl as buff, any more than I (at 55) would. But I assure you that teenage boys (of whom I have a couple of examples to hand) would and do. (In fact, I just checked with one, 16. He was slightly revolted by the fact that anyone at 55 (i.e. me) should even be thinking about sex, let alone talking about it, and sceptical that a 26-year-old has anything in common with teenagers. How old does that make you feel?!)
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Post by Dr Mildr on Jun 28, 2008 18:02:36 GMT
Remember, Vadim, that we are talking about age-specific terms. I quite accept that at 26 you wouldn't describe a girl as buff, any more than I (at 55) would. All the talk of differentials and negative acceleration in one of the other threads must have had some influence in reducing Vadim's age by a year. Negative time travel?
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 28, 2008 18:05:26 GMT
Dr Mildr, thank heavens we have your mathematical eye keeping us in order! (Do I need a smiley to assure you that I am not being sarcastic?)
Apologies Vadim.
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Post by Bertie on Jun 28, 2008 19:31:01 GMT
I have never heard of the word "buff" used in this way. Maybe it is because I have no offspring, but bearing in mind my inability to say "chrain", perhaps I might just be out of kilter with the members of this board.
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 28, 2008 20:15:01 GMT
Are you under 20, Bertie?
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Post by Bertie on Jun 28, 2008 20:52:41 GMT
Er - NO.
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 28, 2008 21:23:34 GMT
That'll be it, then.
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Post by Dr Mildr on Jun 29, 2008 16:34:01 GMT
Crikey (said Jonathan!). Not only have I posted a sufficient number to be elevated to the Junior Member rank, but I've been karma-ed for the first time. I'll have to rein back on my activity.
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Post by Tone on Jun 29, 2008 21:02:01 GMT
Twoddle, >I didn't understand any of those definitions, Tone, so I'll stick contentedly to the one I know.<
I'm contemplating using "pleonasm" instead.
But: >I'd probably except it from ages up to 45 say
(It's accept, by the way, not except. Sorry!)<
I'm not so sure that "except" wouldn't fit just as well in the original statement!
(I frequently use "except" as a verb in my technical writing.)
Tone
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Post by Trevor on Jun 29, 2008 21:51:16 GMT
[...] ... and you'll ban the wearing of baseball caps with the peak cocked off to the side, I hope. I think that's even sillier than wearing the cap backwards. The only good thing I can see in the wearing of backward-facing baseball caps is that doing so seems to identify the wearer as an idiot car driver. Yup - sideways, too, Geoff! Oh dear. I often drive with a baseball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes, and, when driving with a low sun to my side, will turn the cap so the peak still does its job. I hope you've not seen me and jumped to the wrong conclusion!
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Post by Twoddle on Jun 29, 2008 22:01:13 GMT
Yup - sideways, too, Geoff! Oh dear. I often drive with a baseball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes, and, when driving with a low sun to my side, will turn the cap so the peak still does its job. I hope you've not seen me and jumped to the wrong conclusion! But ... but ... but ... Trevor - you're a magistrate! (You know that hinged flappy thing at the top of the windscreen - there's one for you and one for the front passenger? Try swivelling that downwards.)
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Post by Trevor on Jun 29, 2008 22:09:17 GMT
Oh dear. I often drive with a baseball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes, and, when driving with a low sun to my side, will turn the cap so the peak still does its job. I hope you've not seen me and jumped to the wrong conclusion! But ... but ... but ... Trevor - you're a magistrate! (You know that hinged flappy thing at the top of the windscreen - there's one for you and one for the front passenger? Try swivelling that downwards.)Oh, that thing? I thought that was for hanging my portable DVD player on to keep me occupied on a long journey.
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Post by Barry on Jun 29, 2008 22:55:18 GMT
'Buff' is the sort of term I might use in an ironic way in conversation - it's that kind of 'yes, I'm nearly 50, and I wouldn't use it in 'anger', but I'm showing that I know what it means'-type remark.
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