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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Two Questions about this Half-Naked Blonde

She is a beautiful, blonde, tall bombshell, and she is only wearing a bra and panties.

I have two questions about this:

1. Is the order of those three adjectives okay-sounding, i.e., "beautiful, blonde, tall..."
2. Is the word "only" in the right place or should it be after "wearing," or does it not even matter?

Thanks.
  

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"? Yes, but I prefer beautiful tall blonde bombshell , although I've never before heard a person being referred to as a bombshell. Snarf … or should it be after "wearing," … In careful writing, yes.

— RandomGuy

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  • Yes, but I prefer beautiful tall blonde bombshell , although I've never before heard a person being referred to as a bombshell.
  • Snarf … or should it be after "wearing," … In careful writing, yes.
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SnarfIs the order of those three adjectives okay-sounding, i.e., "beautiful, blonde, tall..."?
Yes, but I prefer beautiful tall blonde bombshell, although I've never before heard a person being referred to as a bombshell.
Snarf… or should it be after "wearing," …
In careful writing, yes.
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Aspara GusI've never before heard a person being referred to as a bombshell
It's an old-fashioned term for ***-symbol. Have you never heard of the American actress Jean Harlow, who was famously known as the "blonde bombshell"?

BillJ
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BillJIt's an old-fashioned term …
Well, then that's probably why I had never heard it. Emotion: sad
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Aspara GusWell, then that's probably why I had never heard it.
"Old-fashioned" needn't mean not heard of. In fact, "bombshell", as in "blond bombshell" is quite a commonly-used expression, even today. In any case, what does your personal unfamiliarity with the term "bomshell" have to do with the order of adjectieves?

BillJ
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BillJ"blond bombshell" is quite a commonly-used expression, even today.
Apparently not common enough.
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Aspara Gussince my understanding of the word extended no further than the dictionary definition.
Strange, because I easily found the following entries (amongst others) under "bombshell" in these well-known dictionaries:

Oxford: "a very attractive woman" a twenty-year-old blonde bombshell.
Cambridge
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BillJa very attractive woman
I've never come across this "secondary definition" before, and the use is certainly not common where I live. If I heard someone describe an attractive woman as a bombshell, I would look at him with a "What did you just say?" expression. It sounds extremely outdated, Bill.
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