# Pussy Galore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/300492>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 21, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/300492 "2005-04-21T22:32:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/300492/21 "2005-04-23T00:52:02Z")

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> [@Bryan Ekers](#):
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> Hey, I once stayed at the Akimbo Arms.
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> The service was terrible.

Of course it was. The hotel staff couldn’t unstick their hands from their hips. Can you imagine trying to change bedsheets using only your elbows?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/300492/22 "2005-04-23T13:43:02Z")

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> [@Spatial Rift 47](#):
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> Of course it was. The hotel staff couldn’t unstick their hands from their hips. Can you imagine trying to change bedsheets using only your elbows?

Well, they just kept starting at me, like “What do you expect _me_ to do about it?”

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**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-galore/300492/23 "2005-04-23T17:30:30Z")

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> [@Ronald C. Semone](#):
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> Is there a word in English for modifiers such as “galore” which follow the word they modify rather than precede it? And what other such modifiers exist in English?

To answer your first question:

Postnominal adjective: An adjective that follows the noun.

Prenominal adjective: An adjective that precedes the noun.

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