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Lift and separate
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask here, but I'm just curious.
I hear people talk in English about bras that lift and separate. What does "separate" mean in this case?
In my culture (Japan), women covet bras that lift and get their breasts closer so that they can have great cleavage, and separating sounds like the complete opposite of what bras here are designed to do. I wonder if this is a cultural thing or linguistic. Do people in different cultures have different tastes for how their brests look, or is it that people are the same everywhere and to "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?
lemmings
I hear people talk in English about bras that lift and separate. What does "separate" mean in this case?
In my culture (Japan), women covet bras that lift and get their breasts closer so that they can have great cleavage, and separating sounds like the complete opposite of what bras here are designed to do. I wonder if this is a cultural thing or linguistic. Do people in different cultures have different tastes for how their brests look, or is it that people are the same everywhere and to "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?
lemmings
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[nq:1]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask here, but I'm just curious. I hear people talk ... [/nq] Depends entirely on what you understand by 'cleavage'.
- [nq:1]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask here, but I'm just curious.
- I hear people talk ...
- [/nq] Depends entirely on what you understand by 'cleavage'.
- To me it clearly implies separation in this case, though the verb 'cleave' can also mean to unite.
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[nq:1]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask here, but I'm just curious. I hear people talk ... is it that people are the same everywhere and to "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?[/nq]
Depends entirely on what you understand by 'cleavage'. To me it clearly implies separation in this case, though the verb 'cleave' can also mean to unite.
Depends entirely on what you understand by 'cleavage'. To me it clearly implies separation in this case, though the verb 'cleave' can also mean to unite.
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[nq:1]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask here, but I'm just curious. I hear people talk ... is it that people are the same everywhere and to "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?[/nq]
Maybe aue is on the comeback trail...
-)
Adrian
Maybe aue is on the comeback trail...
-)
Adrian
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[nq:2]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ... "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail... :-)[/nq]
AUE has already had a big discussion(1) about "cleavage" (in 1997, I believe). Perhaps we are about to repeat history. I hope not.
(1) "feud" may be more appropriate
On "lift and separate": I d
[nq:1]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail... :-)[/nq]
AUE has already had a big discussion(1) about "cleavage" (in 1997, I believe). Perhaps we are about to repeat history. I hope not.
(1) "feud" may be more appropriate
On "lift and separate": I d
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[nq:1]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask here, but I'm just curious. I hear people talk ... is it that people are the same everywhere and to "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?[/nq]
There was certainly a fashion many years ago for ******* to be entirely covered (that is, no cleavage was displayed), and apparently separated: adverts from the 19
There was certainly a fashion many years ago for ******* to be entirely covered (that is, no cleavage was displayed), and apparently separated: adverts from the 19
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Adrian Bailey filted:
[nq:2]I hear people talk in English about bras that lift and separate. What does "separate" mean in this case?[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail... :-)[/nq]
Head 'em up and move 'em out!...r
[nq:2]I hear people talk in English about bras that lift and separate. What does "separate" mean in this case?[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail... :-)[/nq]
Head 'em up and move 'em out!...r
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[nq:1]Depends entirely on what you understand by 'cleavage'.[/nq]
(sound of air-raid sirens going off)
SML
http://pirate-women.com
(sound of air-raid sirens going off)
SML
http://pirate-women.com
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[nq:2]I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ... "separate" in this context actually means to create nice cleavage?[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail...[/nq]
My recollection is that the issue of "cleavage" set off the Rey Aman - Mimi Kahn hostilities.
Which I am not trying to revive,
Bob Lieblich
No, I am not the AUE Historian
[nq:1]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail...[/nq]
My recollection is that the issue of "cleavage" set off the Rey Aman - Mimi Kahn hostilities.
Which I am not trying to revive,
Bob Lieblich
No, I am not the AUE Historian
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[nq:2]Maybe aue is on the comeback trail... :-)[/nq]
[nq:1]AUE has already had a big discussion(1) about "cleavage" (in 1997, I believe). Perhaps we are about to repeat history. ... important. (Seen in one of the "things women say" emails: "I used to be a 36-D; now I'm a 36-Long.)[/nq]
used to be called dugs.
[nq:1]AUE has already had a big discussion(1) about "cleavage" (in 1997, I believe). Perhaps we are about to repeat history. ... important. (Seen in one of the "things women say" emails: "I used to be a 36-D; now I'm a 36-Long.)[/nq]
used to be called dugs.
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Irwell wrote on 09 Jun 2004:
[nq:2](Seen in one of the "things women say" emails: "I used to be a 36-D; now I'm a 36-Long.)[/nq]
[nq:1]used to be called dugs.[/nq]
You did? When you were alive?
They still are called "dugs", only not very often. It's mostly "***", "*****", "*******", "nay-nays", and "o-pai" (as in "O-pai dekai!").
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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[nq:2](Seen in one of the "things women say" emails: "I used to be a 36-D; now I'm a 36-Long.)[/nq]
[nq:1]used to be called dugs.[/nq]
You did? When you were alive?
They still are called "dugs", only not very often. It's mostly "***", "*****", "*******", "nay-nays", and "o-pai" (as in "O-pai dekai!").
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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Well, if the ******* are large one might want them lifted and separated rather than pushed into a single shelf shape. It's the opposite problem from the ******* being small and wanting them to be pushed together to show cleavage or a crease between them.
I once overheard someone in a shoe shop talking about toe cleavage.
I once overheard someone in a shoe shop talking about toe cleavage.
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