# what does a curvy body look like?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-curvy-body-look-like/475909 "2008-12-05T20:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-curvy-body-look-like/475909/141 "2009-02-08T05:58:58Z")

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Good lord. Sorry, I retract my previous post- I hadn’t read all the way through and noticed the ultra-hijacking already going on.

Move along people, nothing to see here.

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-curvy-body-look-like/475909/142 "2009-02-08T15:03:45Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> What? Every person in those photos is fat. If “curvy” is supposed to mean something different than “fat,” then those photos are not good examples of “curvy.”

Several people take the position that “fat” and “curvy” aren’t mutually exclusive. Some of the people in those pictures were more apples than hourglasses, though.  
I’m surprised to see that this thread has returned.

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