Re: A three species breakfast--*Bos taurus, Sus domesticus and Gallus domesticus.*

On 2024-12-06, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 12/6/2024 5:01 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-12-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:34:46 -0500, Jim <jimmy@noneya.invalid> wrote:
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Bruce wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:11:59 -0500, Jim <jimmy@noneya.invalid> wrote:
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clams casino wrote:

On 12/5/2024 2:48 PM, Jim wrote:

Oh well, I hope he's hanging in there someplace.

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And may all his nursing aides have big boobies!
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...except the guys...
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They all will in Popeyes mind, at any rate!

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I remember the -new to me- word zaftig from Popeye.
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I don't recall that one, and I'm dying to hear the definition
of a zaftfag, according to Popeye?
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One for the books?

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It's Yiddish, apparently. He meant bosomy. I believe he even had an
unhealthy interest in cows.

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It's one of the words that Yiddish borrowed from German.  Technically,
it means "juicy", although it has come to mean "pleasingly plump".
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Isn't it spelled Zaftig?

 Yes.  The German word is spelled saftig, and pronounced zaftig.
 It was jimmy@noneya.invalid who wrote zaftfag.  Typical.