# Breasts in polite society **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771 "2002-07-07T12:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sista\_vic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@sista\_vic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sista_vic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/1 "2002-07-07T12:35:22Z")
Funbags…or maybe pillows (as in “can I fluff your pillows?”):smack: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/2 "2002-07-08T00:57:53Z")
[Stephanie Hodge] You haven’t lived until you’ve walked up onto the beaches of Bora Bora with two mahi-mahi hanging off your bodacious ta-tas[/Stephanie Hodge] ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/3 "2002-07-08T01:35:22Z")
Bresses. Bazooms. Titties. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/4 "2002-07-08T13:22:01Z")
TITS! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/5 "2002-07-08T13:40:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*TITS! \*\* I am sure I’ve seen text bigger than that in the message board before so \*\* TITS! \*\* \*\* NELLIES! \*\* \*\* ORBS OF JUICY PLEASURE \*\* \*\* MASSIVE JUGS! \*\* \*\*BRITNEY’S SPHERES! \*\* sorry ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/6 "2002-07-08T14:42:56Z")
Sweater puppies. ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/7 "2002-07-08T15:01:20Z")
Obviously to be polite you have to use a French term: _decolletage_ or _les boules d’amour_. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/8 "2002-07-08T15:31:00Z")
Diddies. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/9 "2002-07-08T16:09:19Z")
jubblies. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/10 "2002-07-08T20:51:36Z")
Granny propellers. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/11 "2002-07-08T22:05:26Z")
[sub]1[/sub]I believe it’s wrong to refer to a woman’s breasts as jugs, Winnebagos or golden bozos. You should only refer to them as "hooters. [sub]1[/sub] Stolen from Steve Martin’s “I believe” bit but duly annotated. ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/12 "2002-07-08T22:24:51Z")
oompaloompas Melons ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/13 "2002-07-08T22:47:07Z")
Pointer-Sisters Headlights Gob stoppers Dueling Banjos ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/14 "2002-07-09T00:39:21Z")
For some reason I absolutely love the word: Puppies Gets me erect every time when talking about boobies. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/15 "2002-07-09T06:17:23Z")
spherealicious mammeradocious perkies the squishy fun bits peaches (as in “Iz ye peaches fuzzy, baby?”) ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/16 "2002-07-09T06:21:53Z")
Winnebagos. Golden bozos. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/17 "2002-07-10T02:46:11Z")
Bazooms. Melons. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/18 "2002-07-10T03:04:56Z")
This evening the woman in the seat behind me at dragon boat practice exclaimed that she was developing “power boobs”. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/19 "2002-07-10T03:28:45Z")
Dream job: the “power boob tester” for Underwriters’ Laboratories. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771/20 "2002-07-10T03:52:38Z")
As noted in a previous, related, thread: “Tig ol’ bitties!!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts-in-polite-society/117771.md?page=2)