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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4889 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 9 of 19 19 November 2011 at 11:47am | IP Logged | ||
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You can still have cleavage without wearing a bra, just really good breasts which defy gravity lol. Cleavage is the shape between the breasts and it has been generalised to any similar shape formation as biki2 says. So, yes, even men can have a cleavage, plus other parts of the body too...
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| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6660 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 10 of 19 19 November 2011 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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So, excuse me from being vulgar, but… The cleavage of men, that requires men to either have manboobs,
fakebookbs, or that we be speaking about the butt crack? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4860 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 11 of 19 19 November 2011 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't supposed that this thread will become so popular :D I know what the word means, I just wanted to know which form of noun+adj is correct...
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 12 of 19 19 November 2011 at 5:12pm | IP Logged | ||
Sex sells. ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5968 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 13 of 19 19 November 2011 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I saw this topic last night and I knew it was inevitable.
Only a matter of time . . . It cannot be avoided . . . Someone's going to say "manboobs." Congratulations, learners of English: you have just learned a fresh new mildly offensive slang term. Now, remember NOT to use it in conversation, and you'll be fine! But anyway, everyone's become so distracted by the topic that the original question wasn't really answered. The most common word used to describe a revealing garment would be "low-cut" You can even use the word without being slapped, most likely. No guarantees, though! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6012 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 14 of 19 19 November 2011 at 8:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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A woman wearing a "low" or "plunging" neckline or a "low-cut top" will show a lot of cleavage.
The term "neckline" is abstract, so you're not really talking about the piece of clothing directly. "Low-cut" is an adjective that applies to the piece of clothing (so it's always a low-cut top/t-shirt/dress/etc, but a "*low-cut neckline" is impossible). Cleavage is a direct reference to the woman, and as always in English, direct language carries the risk of offending someone. As to what's most common, I wouldn't know, but I would definitely say that "low-cut" has the least risk of offending someone: it is not likely to be taken personally, because it describes the clothes, not the wearer.... Edited by Cainntear on 20 November 2011 at 12:13am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| simonov Senior Member Portugal Joined 5590 days ago 222 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English | Message 15 of 19 19 November 2011 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | ||
What exactly is "a low of cleavage"? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| biki2 Diglot Groupie United States vatoweb.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7023 days ago 57 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Arabic (Written), Catalan, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 16 of 19 19 November 2011 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||
By "abstract" do you mean that it's impossible for a neckline to exist in the absence of a dress, blouse, etc.? Because neckline can refer to an actual part of the garment and it can be low-cut, plunging, v-shaped, square, etc. "Low-cut neckline" is a very common term and would be perfectly appropriate for, say, describing to a shop clerk the kind of garment you're looking to buy. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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