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May 30, 2008 |
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Man Boobs?
FOUND by Marshall May
in Nashville, Tennessee
I found this in the English hallway of my high school last year. And I go to an academic magnet school. I hope this kid passed his test!
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Fastidious-how a shy "Girl's Gone Wild" participant flashes the first time.
Hirsutegynecomastia-HAIRY man boobs.
good vocab.
keep up the good work, kids:-))
don't forget tomorrow's vocab too... they WILL be on the test.
Surely "man boobs" would be "andrycomastia"? Andros = man, Gynos = woman, at least in terms of Greek prefixes. I can't believe "gynaecomastia" would be on a HS vocab test...someone's having fun with us. Unless this was a list made up by the students for the end-of-year fun class.
fastedious = Very quickly boring and repetitive
i find this pretty funny...the big words, and then the definition 'man boobs'. priceless.
Farmer, you should submit that one to www.unwords.com
The kid who invented that word should talk to Steven Colbert, who hasn't invented any good words since 'truthiness'. Or is Gynewhatever a real word? I am usually fastidious about my English knowledge but when it comes to man boobs (or 'moobs') I get a little squicked and tend to just move on quickly.
baby basil, gynecomastia is the abnormal growth of breast tissue in men. It's a side effect of some antipsychotic drugs, actually. (result of increased estrogen levels)
Mona Lisa, it could also be because of hormones in food (ie growth hormones in chickens and meat) and water (due to female contraceptive tablets).
i'm not saying that's the only reason for gynecomastia, just the one i'm familiar with (cuz of my work.)there are other reasons for it, absolutely. (i'm not being equivocal about this, and not suggesting that there is no other liaison. Being overweight would predispose someone to this condition, as well.)
I want to see the part of the homework where they have to use both vocabulary words in a sinngle sentence.
make that "single"
I thought the scientific name for them was "Bitch Tits."
Maybe the writer of this list had a fascination with all things related to boobs... a fascination to which he devoted himself fas-titty-usly.
I'm laughing because of the man boob contest Howard Stern had...Mona Lisa & I'm Lost have the best explanations for the guys in that contest.
I'm with librarian about the homework, but I also think this would also be great on a televised spelling bee..."Your word is, 'Gynecomastia'". "Can you use that in a sentence? What is it's origin?"
My Mother is very fastidious-excessivly concerned with cleanliness.
Somehow, that word just doesn't seem to fit..??? *shrug*
um, yeah, "its" origin.
If you eat chickens that are on anti-psychotic drugs - would that give you man boobs?
I'm just wondering how I might look in one of those American Apparel two piece bathing suits this summer.
Sounds like my ex-boyfriend.
Got man boobs? Then you need a mansierre!
(stole it from Seinfeld...)
Also, plastic containers give off chemicals that are endocrine disrupters. It's causing lots of problems, including early puberty and, according to some, a preference for the same sex. The theory is that these changes happen to a baby before birth, or even before conception, due to the effects on the reproductive system of either or both parents.
Gynecomastia can also be an indicator of testicular cancer. I read that in a book.
This just made me laugh. "Man boobs" may not be the official definition, but he (why am I assuming this was written by a male student?) probably got the question right.
What teacher assigns a snicker-inducing word like that? That's just asking for trouble.
@ LAURA- I tend to lean with you on this FIND. Totally, uncalled for. The teacher is opening a whole new can of GYNECOMASTIA!! I'm sure the teacher could've put another word in its place. Something with a wee bit of comedic tendacies than ""MAN BOOBS"". SHEESH!!!!!!!
Oh, woe is me.
**shrug**
What about steroids in our milk? I remember reading about how teenagers have much bigger bosoms now because of the steroids found in cow milk. My old boy friend was a tattoo artist, and he swears the kids today have way bigger boobs than they did 20 years ago.
...or perhaps a "Bro", fooch.
Hey, Mona: I find it extremely amusing that a side effect of some ANTIpsychotic drugs is increased estrogen levels. And to think most men I know feel women are crazy.
@Nadine ... I have to agree with your old boy friend the tattoo artist. I know for sure that my 24-year-old daughter has bigger boobs now than she did 20 years ago.
Bruce was a devoted lactovore who also loved chicken Kiev, a good medium-rare steak, and dresses from Lane Bryant. The extra pounds and weekly estrogen shots were doing the trick and making him a happy man. Bruce was very fastidious about keeping his chest waxed and his perky pierced nipples clean and the gynecomastia only added to his allure; the queen on Beale Street were surely impressed!
@just sayin - i know. it is kind of ironic.
@ Librarian - I have bigger boobs than i did 20 yrs ago, too. Of course, that was before i had kids.
A friendly Heads Up all you stoners... check out #6 on the following list.
The most common cause of gynecomastia is puberty.
Other causes include:
Chronic liver disease
Exposure to anabolic steroid hormones
Exposure to estrogen hormone
Genetic disorders
Kidney failure
Marijuana use
Side effects of some medications
Testosterone (male hormone) deficiency
Why would anyone ever use any term other than 'Man Boobs'?
It's fun to say, fun to think about and who doesn't love a term whose meaning is so self-explanatory?
I'm going to *have* to buy a new vocab book. None of the words I give my students are nearly as interesting. I have to agree with previous commentators - I can't think of a single teacher who would (knowingly) assign that word. Too many headaches from the snickers and feetaches from running from the principals.
@ Pixi - Since this is the weekend, I wonder if Scripps has set up a hotline for next year's potential words?
I like man boobs.
I don't...<shudder>
The comments about this being an inappropriate/unusual vocabulary word made me laugh and remember junior year of high school.
My memory may be a little inaccurate on the actual word (it was a long time ago already), but as I remember it the teacher tried to assign us the word "virgin" with a definition of "an unmarried woman" until our howls of protest led him to just drop it and go on to the next word.
Yeesh.
I remember that we had to learn a couple of new "difficult" words every day in english class. Then, we had to use them in a sentence, write them in our little vocab books, and get a test at the end of the year. I WISH our teacher would have introduced words like gynecomastia!
commonly known as "moobs"
@Librarian:
Despite his prominent gynecomastia, Oliver was extremely fastidious about his appearance, always dressing in the most fashion-forward shirts and sweaters.
The guy who works in the next cube has man boobs and also appears to be about 11 months pregnant. He knows nothing about the outside world except that the Oklahoma Sooners are the best football team ever and probably thinks fastidious is how quick the running back is. Sorry, I just hate that sad sack of shit.
Hey I go to a magnet school in Nashville too and this is definitely a pretty accurate example of the strange but lovable people at our schools. Man boobs. Hah.
Turbo, chill.. you won't have to see him all weekend.Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep cleansing breath... close your eyes.......
now..back to work, the day's almost over.
i've gotten giggles with "penal" and "incubus" and even "circumvent" for years - gynecomastia is just another word teachers may assign because its on a prescribed list, and good teachers can curb sophomoric responses and have a teachable moment.
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/2001
(it's the moob Find, so don't look if you're gonna puke again.)
The over weight man in the Dilbert hole next to me had the worst case of gynecomastia I had ever seen. Even worse, he was odd lack of any fastidious qualities whatsoever.
Norman,(for that was his name)circumvented our incubus of a boss expertly and never was penalized for his Moobs, which bounced up and down like a hormonal Cheerleader.
not sophomoric at all, smallbear! bravo!
hfa or mlk, marshall?
great find, btw =) a true sign from our great magnets in nashville. :p
Well um... there is that stereotype of the anal retentive aka. fastidious gay man. Maybe these are words to describe the same trans-sexual in progress? At any rate I love how concise and dictionary like the first entry is compared to the layman's terms (no pun intended) on the second entry.