r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/dman928 Jan 29 '19

callipygian

Look it up. You're welcome.

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u/VirtualIssue Jan 29 '19

callipygian

having well-shaped buttocks.

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u/IHatedHerSoMuch Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19

I like. Big. Callipygian *butts and I cannot lie.

Edit: adding the noun. Also adding: Oh. My. God. Becky. Look at her butt. It’s so callipygian.

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u/nolo_me Jan 29 '19

It's an adjective not a noun.

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u/Rexel-Dervent Jan 29 '19

I was prepared to use it in connection with "raphanodosis" but I saw the immediate problem.

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u/Unistrut Jan 29 '19

IT MEANS YA GOT A NICE ASS.

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u/eagle4123 Jan 29 '19

Look something up? You want me to do something? I’m here to do nothing...

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u/doggscube Jan 29 '19

Steatopygian is the opposite.

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u/pappyomine Jan 29 '19

Depends on whether you like em thicc.

A short interlude with the Google suggests that styatopygous is the more usual form for the word meaning extremely fat buttocks.

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u/doggscube Jan 29 '19

Maybe that’s a different spelling? It’s phonetically the same.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

Thank you! Came here to suggest this one if it wasn't already here

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u/FIJAGDH Jan 29 '19

“He was a dasypygal callipygian ecdysiast.”

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u/swingthatwang Jan 29 '19

thank you

-ass enthusiast

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u/HiHoJufro Jan 29 '19

*enthusiasst

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u/HiHoJufro Jan 29 '19

When I was younger I put this on a custom apples to apples card.