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Bruce[_28_]
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 17:17:41 -0400,
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>Bruce wrote:
>>Nancy2 wrote:
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>>>the word you are using is "zaftig." You're welcome. ;-))
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>>Hey, that means the same thing as zoftig:
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>Being a transliteration either spelling is equally correct.
>However the 'zoftig' pronunciation is used more often.
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>Zoftig: literally, "juicy." Although it has come to mean fat, it is
>really a compliment, meaning a buxom, lush, "juicy." Marilyn Monroe
>and Anna Nicole Smith were zoftig. Audrey Hepburn and Callista
>Flockhardt were/are decidedly NOT zoftig.
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>Sometimes Zoftik is written:
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http://www.pass.to/glossary/gloz4.htm#letz
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...ransliteration
Oh, from German saftig, juicy.
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