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Chris -- 2018-04-11
‘Portly’ (like stout) is a rather respectful, curiously old-fashioned way of referring to those who are noticeably carrying too much weight. The k/t mishearing or misunderstanding inserts a cheekily irreverent parasitic ‘porky’ into the instantly de-euphemized acorn.
“Now if you just sign here,” A porkly man said pointing to yet another papaer that needed to be … The porkly man called. I turned to face the whole room, ...
His name was Mandrake, a tall porkly man who made his living by trading with the people of Wyte and the merchants of Privale, the site of whom made my …
The camera zoomed into the heart and the cardiac surgeon pointed at a white heart substance surrounding the porkly fellow on the bed and said: “you see this …
I was so heartbroken when a porkly fellow behind the ‘so-called’ Genius Bar told me that my warranty which would have covered the $199 …
You could make him a very short guy and porkly guy and have him be referenced as the Penquin or you could make him a taller guy and have him referenced as …
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This posting reminds me of the long-ago noted use of ‘porkulent’ in place of ‘corpulent.’
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Good one! Porkly gentlemen can still be hamsome.
“Dating site (or scam)”:
well I need a man who loves fun as much as I do,Someone who is kind and hamsome man well looking mane very attractive.
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