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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Idiomatic expressions no. 2 - love handles

Dear All,

Let's leave aside political correctness for a second Emotion: wink
Today I'd like to ask about this expression: love handles
Is the following sentence correct? I'm not sure if we can use it in such a way.

I don't mind having some love handles on a girl.

Now, in my humble opinion love handles doesn't carry any negative connotation, if I may say so. What do you think?
  

Top answer

The phrase "love handles" is only used for men.

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  • The phrase "love handles" is only used for men.
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The phrase "love handles" is only used for men.
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Are you serious? Why is that?

Is there a similar expression for women?
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Anonymoushe phrase "love handles" is only used for men.
I don't think so... Here are two definitions taken from Urban Dictionary:

love handle212 up, 22 down
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what does "love handles" mean?
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anna indrawhat does "love handles" mean?
I posted two definitions a while ago but they haven't been moderated yet... Let's wait.
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I think the topic has been abandoned and lost among others so I'll bring it back to life Emotion: smile

Is the following sentence correct
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In the US, "love handles" is only used for men, and many women consider them cute on a man. But women in the US are very sensitive about their weight, and "love handles" indicate excess weight, and so the term is not used for women - regardless of what the urban dictionary says.
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What expression would be use to say the same thing but about women?
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In the US, you cannot comment like this on a woman's flanks without being insulting, so there is no corresponding term for women.
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well... we do call some girls "chubby", don't we? and there's nothing wrong about that... as a matter of fact such a word can be very positive... I like chubby girls for that matter
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