but am i really and truly the only one who
is reading the current msm spiel om MR HIV PREDATOR
as almost completely inane?

the guy is credited with
'infecting (untold punters) with the deadly disease'…

'mutatis mutandis'

Well, it was all Tort Briefs for the Bachelors of Law
wasn't it?

yrs
Solomon Grundy
Barista & Bush Lawyer

The Italian for undies is mutande, and I'll admit it's not very erotic. It's an interesting word, though, in that its Latin root (as in the expression "mutatis mutandis") literally means "garment that ought to be changed frequently".

They never told us about the grundies aspect of 'mutatis mutandis' when…

staring rite atcha from the pot

how come this thread seems really
not to want to 'go there'?

meanwhile ma islander!
tell me how to cuss in maorispeak?
is there any sort of purely lingual temptation therein active
& sinful at all?

we spent…

The first non-ballad to win Eurovision, 1965.
A strange story (of puns, wordplay, double meanings and exploitation) and a grreat record.

Lyrics

France Gall, "Poupée de cire, poupée de son."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b46d_zk5CKI

But if I'm writing something more fast-paced and urgent, I'll use 'naked'. It's that whacking great k sound in the middle.

And yet "starkers" lacks that libidinal charge.

And calling undies grundys, somewhat takes sensual out of undies.

The Italian for undies is mutande, and I'll admit it's not very erotic. It's an interesting word, though, in that its Latin root (as in the expression "mutatis mutandis") literally means "garment that ought to be changed frequently". My sister…

Reasonably, I think the word you want is 'unusually'. I'm not sure about the virtues of describing one sexual more as reasonable and another as not.

Hmm, I see what you mean, there's some unfortunate baggage there.

I was trying for the antonym of, well, a sense where most people…

I might use 'nude'

Sounds a bit arthouse.

(sorry, pish, tush, and o goodness dont *really* count...)

(rushes off to hide the feather dusters-)

The word y'all were looking for is "nude"

I find naked sexier.

Having just popped off to write sex scene, I've come back to this.

If I'm writing something sort of slow and (forgive) sensual, I might use 'nude'. But if I'm writing something more fast-paced and urgent, I'll use…

Kinky is that which might unreasonably inspire the same.

Reasonably, I think the word you want is 'unusually'. I'm not sure about the virtues of describing one sexual more as reasonable and another as not.

It is too cold for running around unclad, but.

The neurology of BDSM is really…

..and wasn't Australia originally a Penile Colony?

I'd always heard that Erotic was using a feather
and Pornography was using the whole duck...

yrs
Ida Downe
Plucky Old Bird

(in hopes of ma islander not bearing right down on me again with her flyswat)

I assumed 'chick'

did that one for me-

The word y'all were looking for is "nude"

I find naked sexier.

Erotic is instead about the feeling a thing might reasonably inspire in an observer, that of Eros, the god of sexual desire. Kinky is that which might unreasonably inspire the same. Sexy is a socially safer term for much…

(it probably isnt at all obvious, but I have been intrigued by our primate cousins since I was very small. The first chimp I ever encountered (age 12, Wellkington Zoo) hooted at me, and I 'disgraced' my young widowed mother & 5…

A penis must be completely erect in order to obtain an accurate measurement. This may be difficult to achieve in a clinical setting.

Scientific understatement, I love you so much.

generally pronounced penusisses

Right next to the texteses.

We can lord it over the gorillas. Who knew?

we should really be comparing penises with vulvas.

Jpgs pls. But wait until I'm no longer at work.

Has anyone yet printed underwear with "NSFW" on the front?

Good idea. Suggest it to these people.

Thanks for the tugid member link, Emma – but, with all due respect to those of the male persuasion, dicks just aren't as aesthetically pleasing as breasts, are they?

I think it's much easier to find pleasing pictures of breasts than of penises. How much of that is things like…

Coincidence? Or tattoo idea?

Has anyone yet printed underwear with "NSFW" on the front?

imagine having that on your coinage

So optimistic exaggeration is timeless?

The human hand – four knuckles.

Coincidence? Or tattoo idea?

(tried to find a picture of this one, but you'd be surprised at the results you get googling for "NSFW tattoo". Or perhaps not.)

Astroturf, of course.

I misread.

Thanks for the tugid member link, Emma – but, with all due respect to those of the male persuasion, dicks just aren't as aesthetically pleasing as breasts, are they?

Oh, I don't know, I think there are eminents ancient sculptors and painters who'd beg to differ.

But while searching for…

chase some kids off my lawn

Astroturf, of course.

...with all due respect to those of the male persuasion, dicks just aren't as aesthetically pleasing as breasts,

No argument there.

In my mind NSFW stood for "not suitable for work" i.e. if the boss wanders past and you are looking at this you are going to be hard pressed to say if it is for any work related purpose ..

That was one of the advantages of working as a…

Apparently one was coined by somebody (Milton!) who wanted to talk about the senses and decided the other had gotten too kinky.

Apparently sensuous was supposed to be the technical one.

Also, re: boobies:
The…

Just to cap off the deficiency, I'm imagining Alanis warbling "isn't it erotic, don't you think?"

And with her track record, it wouldn't be.

Or tasteless parades of buff silicon down the main drag.

I think that might be a track on the new Sufjan Stevens album.

I always thought that "erotic" covers this – although dictionary definitions seem to focus on the "sexually arousing" part rather than the "beautiful" part.

Unfortunately, I have real issues with the word 'erotica', which is drifiting to mean 'pornography I approve of'.

I'd send you a copy of my response, but it's only appropriate if you want that person to burst into tears and then never speak to you again.

I think I'd have no problem achieving that goal, but I think one such missive worded by Emma would be great entertainment…

So, what word do we use for something that evokes both 'that is beautiful' and 'that is sexually arousing'?

I always thought that "erotic" covers this – although dictionary definitions seem to focus on the "sexually arousing" part rather than the "beautiful" part.

If something is sexually…

It's almost got a retro kitsch nostalgia value.

I have one of Those People myself. I often enjoy it in terms of retro kitsch. And if the thing he sends is particularly egregious (let's just say that this person lives in a town in the rural US with a population…

But seriously, I'm going to have to have *that* conversation with this person obviously, but I've put it off partly because I don't remember how it goes in its tactful version, and partly because in 2009 it's so rare to find people who will do that.

Yeah, it's been years…

Yes. Also see "hey I heard this funny joke", which turns out to be racist or similarly stupid.

I just recently picked up an email correspondent who's into forwarding jokes. Some of them are just hilarious!!!!!!1 And not at all racist or sexist or generally making me feel like I…

Can we get a consensus that 'funny' is the most misleading link descriptor by quite some way?

Yes. Also see "hey I heard this funny joke", which turns out to be racist or similarly stupid.

Can we get a consensus that 'funny' is the most misleading link descriptor by quite some way?

Oh yes, but it goes beyond link descriptors to cover its application in the rest of the world too.

So we all have people/sites that we trust to point us at things we'll find…

(You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, etc.)

I regularly have 'gosh, I wish that very funny man hadn't died' moments. Sigh.

after one too many cases of other people clicking on a link marked "Hilarious" and getting goatse or similar.

Can we get a consensus that 'funny' is the most misleading link descriptor by quite some way? (Unless I use it, of course. You can trust me.)

What are the limits…

Carry on.

So luscious…

(Whether it's porn or not, according to some people, depends entirely on whether that standing figure is male or female.)

I thought it was pretty, either way.

Whereas as I just went ouch, without even considering the sex of the standing figure.

Empathy, good people, empathy!

So, what word do we use for something that evokes both 'that is beautiful' and 'that is sexually arousing'?

I know there's no right answer, but how about lush, as in luscious? Topical example influenced by tonight's television viewing: "Dawn Porter is lush". Not to be confused with the usage…

'aesthetic' – meh. Too confined by academics.

"I have a very strong sensibility to beauty in non-sexual objects."…

So long as you've blogrolled me (thank you! when did that happen?!)

Heh, I recently and sneakily updated my blogroll to include you, Megan and hexpletive, an Australian aboriginal non-neuro-typical sex worker. Apparently I just don't have any lines anywhere.

No, Emma, it doesnt: it literally means 'of sense and sensation.'
It includes 'of depending of the senses only & not of the intellect or spirit...'
This is a beginner's dictionary, which I always keep close by (COD.)

Ah, yes, fair point. I think I hear it used in a more…

I am…

I'm not sure why that particular photo got pulled out of the gallery, but I think she just likes his smile. He has a lovely smile.

but boobies? Out of the question.

I would mention Janet Jackson, but then I fear that even just typing her name would curve my spine.…

could you link to the blood engorged love truncheon again? ;)

If you could just wait until my daughter isn't sitting next to me...

I thought it was pretty, either way.

It's interesting you say that. No, it is. All those pics came off my hard drive – most of…

(Whether it's porn or not, according to some people, depends entirely on whether that standing figure is male or female.)

I thought it was pretty, either way.

And then you end up with those detailed warnings like the ones in front of The Sopranos and Outrageous Fortune, that act like promos. We try to predict the plot on the basis of whether we've been warned about sexual content, or violence, or both.

But do they warn you…

Often the truly "NSFW" sites are those that attract attention to the fact that you're looking at something not work-related.

Yeah, the one thing I really can't use NSFW for is predicting what is and isn't safe for your work-place. Except for the blindingly obvious. I could describe the links…

a basic assumption that you're all adults and you can make your own decisions. That you have functioning fingers and eyelids and can choose not to look at something you find disturbing or offensive.

I recall from the hinterlands of my upbringing something along the lines of __"if your eye…