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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I heard this one the other day from a guy who doesn’t read or write very well. He was explaining to me the kind of girls he liked, and one of the qualities was ‘Bambi-legged’ – ‘you know, thin legs where there’s a gap in the middle, like Bambi’
I’m guessing he meant bandy-legged, but his version sounded much more appealing!
Although perhaps Bambi-legged is slightly different. It certainly seems to be used widely and by authoritative figures:
e.g.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter … 60713.html
“His new designs included a glossy black reworking of his Bambi-legged Mr Impossible chair. ”
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Interesting Bambi fantasy. This one will be difficult to straighten out. First, I went looking for the Mr. Impossible chair, of course. It’s true that it is Bambi-legged, from the ice skating scene, I think, or from the spread-legged position that young animals take. I don’t that’s a confusion with bandy-legged, which implies bowlegged. On the other hand, I think your friend has made a cute eggcorn since it appears that he did appeal to bowleggedness, or vice versa. Again, difficult to compare here because the “thigh” of deer corresponds to our shin; they walk en pointe like ballerinas.
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