thunder thighs

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From the idea of a heavy person making thunderous noise while walking.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

[edit]

thunder thighs pl (plural only)

  1. (often derogatory) Fat thighs or thighs of great cellulite or stretch marks.
    • 2014, Olivia Goldsmith, Flavor of the Month, Diversion Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
      How much art and science would it take to sculpt her formless putty into a classically chiseled profile, to raise her pendulous breasts, thin her thunder thighs, flatten her wattled stomach, remake her into the image that men called beautiful?
    • 2015, Mary B. Morrison, If I Can't Have You, Kensington Books, →ISBN:
      The bulging biceps were exposed and his thunder thighs showed through his fitted black slacks; it made me want to touch him all over to see if he was real.

Noun

[edit]

thunder thighs

  1. (often derogatory) A person, usually a woman, with fat thighs.
    • 2011, Camille Noe Pagan, The Art of Forgetting: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN:
      I just got schooled by a fifth grader, I think in amazement as the four-foot-nothing fireball jogs down the court, arms akimbo, stomach heaving up and down. “Ha-ha, there goes thunder thighs!”
    • 2015 January 6, Chris Hallbeck, “Donuts”, in Maximumble[1] (comic):
      Whoa Scott, you really shouldn't be eating Janet's donuts!
      Haha, don't worry, miss "thunder thighs" could do without the extra--

Synonyms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]