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Use of preposition on | Adjectives or Adverbs?
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Expression: well-built #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 23, 2006 15:38 pm   Expression: well-built
 

Would you normally say that a man is ‘well-built’ or would you rather use terms such as ‘hunk’ or ‘beefcake’ to describe a strong, muscular man? When the term is applied to women, I suspect it doesn’t quite mean the same, right?

Have you got any interesting adjectives/nouns to describe people’s physical appearance and personality?
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Expression: well-built #2 (permalink) Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:38 pm   Expression: well-built
 

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I like to be called well-built; hunk and beefcake demean me, as does stud. None of these terms are applied to women, I think.
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