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Alfred Epple

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Dec 7, 2007, 8:17:32 AM12/7/07
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The other day a came across the word thigh-man in the movie "Dead Poets
Society". Mr. Keating used to be a thigh-man when he was a student at
Welton College.
I couldn't find the term anywhere so maybe one of you guys could
enlighten me? Thanks heaps in advance!
Freddy

HVS

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Dec 7, 2007, 8:26:05 AM12/7/07
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On 07 Dec 2007, Alfred Epple wrote

Without additional context, I'd assume it has to do with what part of
a woman's anatomy the guy found most attractive -- if it was her
legs, he'd be a "leg-man", so a "thigh-man" would be someone who's
attracted to women with nice thighs.

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Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed


Pat Durkin

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Dec 7, 2007, 2:35:47 PM12/7/07
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"Alfred Epple" <afe...@t-online.de> wrote in message
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I agree with HVS that more context would help. Otherwise, the reader
here must assume thigh-man (in line with leg-man, ass-man, etc.)

In my undergraduate years, I had a prof who laughed at the US collegiate
fraternities and sororities (the Greeks) and called them all members of
"phi slappa thigh"--Sigma Delta Chi, Chi Rho, Lambda Sigma Chi, and all
other such were typical. "Tri Delts" were Delta Delta Delta.

That image came to my mind and I had to work my way out of that trap.
But I really don't know. That prof might not have been an originator. .
.or one of his students may have carried the term into an illustrious
life as a playwright.


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Dec 7, 2007, 3:06:55 PM12/7/07
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:35:47 GMT, "Pat Durkin"
<dur...@sbc.com> said:

>
> "Alfred Epple" <afe...@t-online.de> wrote in message
> news:fjbh5c$hce$03$1...@news.t-online.com...
> > The other day a came across the word thigh-man in the movie "Dead
> > Poets
> > Society". Mr. Keating used to be a thigh-man when he was a student at
> > Welton College.
> > I couldn't find the term anywhere so maybe one of you guys could
> > enlighten me? Thanks heaps in advance!
> > Freddy
>
> I agree with HVS that more context would help. Otherwise, the reader
> here must assume thigh-man (in line with leg-man, ass-man, etc.)

This reminds me of the time when United Airlines switched
their flight attendants from short skirts to long. UAL had
had a slogan "Fly the friendly skies of United." The skirt
switch got that converted to "We can no longer eye the
friendly thighs of United."

Hatunen

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Dec 7, 2007, 3:08:19 PM12/7/07
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:35:47 GMT, "Pat Durkin" <dur...@sbc.com>
wrote:

Probably old jokes. Like "I felta thigh" and "I tappa keg."

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Glenn Knickerbocker

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Dec 7, 2007, 4:25:12 PM12/7/07
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HVS wrote:
> Without additional context, I'd assume it has to do with what part of
> a woman's anatomy the guy found most attractive

That's exactly it. The only context is this:

NEIL: I found his senior annual in the library.

[Neil opens the annual and reads.]

NEIL: Captain of the soccer team, editor of the annual, Cambridge bound,
Man most likely to do anything, Thigh man, Dead Poets Society.

[Hands grab the old annual away from Neil.]

CHARLIE: Thigh man? Mr. "K" was a hell raiser.

ŹR

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