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Perfect Casting Part Three
Quantus:
--- Quote from: mid_life_crisis on November 26, 2014, 01:53:02 PM ---"brick supermodel".
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ya, I always hated that description of her. I mean, Commodores aside, when I think of a Brick House words like square, blocky, rough, durable and utilitarian come to mind. Not much of anything that would apply to most normal images of Feminine Beauty. More like Prof. Pounder than Molly.
mid_life_crisis:
--- Quote from: Quantus on November 26, 2014, 04:36:13 PM ---ya, I always hated that description of her. I mean, Commodores aside, when I think of a Brick House words like square, blocky, rough, durable and utilitarian come to mind. Not much of anything that would apply to most normal images of Feminine Beauty. More like Prof. Pounder than Molly.
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It comes from "brick shit-house", which is to imply that it is built far better than it needs to be, since outhouses are made to be torn down and moved every so often. The Commodores put a musical space in there as self censoring of the expression.
In other words, Molly has a body that is built better than anyone should have.
Rukhage:
--- Quote from: mid_life_crisis on November 26, 2014, 05:09:11 PM ---It comes from "brick shit-house", which is to imply that it is built far better than it needs to be, since outhouses are made to be torn down and moved every so often. The Commodores put a musical space in there as self censoring of the expression.
In other words, Molly has a body that is built better than anyone should have.
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I'm guessing it's too much of an americanism so it's possible that non US readers won't get the reference.
cass:
As an American, I can definitively state not even all Americans would get it. I know the phrase, but I've never really been clear on whether it's a good or a bad thing to be built like a brick ****house. I mean, on one hand, I'd rather that then something easily tipped or otherwise destroyed, but on the other, it could totally be interpreted to mean someone who is built blockily and sturdily and not particularly conventionally prettily. (Someone saying this in admiration could simply be commenting on strength, not hotness.) I never interpreted it as meaning "constructed of superior quality than necessary".
mid_life_crisis:
--- Quote from: cass on November 26, 2014, 07:09:40 PM ---As an American, I can definitively state not even all Americans would get it. I know the phrase, but I've never really been clear on whether it's a good or a bad thing to be built like a brick ****house. I mean, on one hand, I'd rather that then something easily tipped or otherwise destroyed, but on the other, it could totally be interpreted to mean someone who is built blockily and sturdily and not particularly conventionally prettily. (Someone saying this in admiration could simply be commenting on strength, not hotness.) I never interpreted it as meaning "constructed of superior quality than necessary".
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That's what it means, though. Definitely a compliment.
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