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#1 2006-12-14 12:02:29

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1273

"roomy eyes" for "rheumy eyes"

rheumy eyes – 21,100 ghits
roomy eyes – 43 ghits

‘Rheumy’ eyes are eyes afflicted by a watery discharge and are not normally considered desirable or attractive, for obvious reasons. The homophone ‘roomy’ however can, it seems, be understood as large and possibly quite attractive. Here’s some examples:

She has beautiful hair that is usually longer than her shoulders, deep roomy eyes, and is very passionate. She is a woman that takes care of herself both …
www.svadba.com/foreign-men/ads-86443-1.htm – 15k – Supplemental Result – Cached –

Due to its doubtless nocturnal modes it had roomy eyes. Its habitat were top montane forests Its diet dwells of insects meager invertebrates which where …
en.my-widgets.com/Samoan_Wood_Rail – 25k – Supplemental Result – Cached –

STANDING AT A STUNNING 5’9” SHE HAS LEGS THAT WOMEN WOULD DIE FOR AND AN ASS THAT KILLS. LIGHT BROWN ROOMY EYES AND DARK BROWN CURLY HAIR.38D THAT A. ...
search.escortselect.com/.../~category_id=INDEPENDENT/~VIEW_SIZE=10/~VIEW_INDEX=2;jsessionid=dvn7dw64uah5 – 79k – Supplemental Result – Cached

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#2 2006-12-14 13:45:46

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
Posts: 1456

Re: "roomy eyes" for "rheumy eyes"

I haven’t heard “rheumy eyes,” but it reminds me of rheumatism—and makes me wonder whether anyone would think it was “roomatism.” Although I see about 300 ghits for “roomatism” I think they are mainly eye dialect. I can’t seriously believe that any adult would associate a muscle affliction like rheumatism with rooms. Perhaps a child might think that “roomatism” comes from breathing the stale air of a confined space—such as a room. (I’d need a lot more convincing before declaring roomatism an eggcorn)...

I’m going on a…. – Mick Jagger ForumDropsy, gout, whoopin’ cough, roomatism? I’ve got remedies, tried and true! Profile Card PM. Go to the top of the page …
mickjagger.emiforums.com/index.php?act=findpost&pid=234278 – 121k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages

Last edited by jorkel (2006-12-19 07:00:52)

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#3 2006-12-18 19:54:59

Fishbait2
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From: Brookline, MA
Registered: 2006-10-08
Posts: 80
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Re: "roomy eyes" for "rheumy eyes"

If we had a prize for “Most Adorable Eggcorn” I think this would be the clear winner. Presumably “roomy eyes” are “eyes you can get lost in.” And as for the woman whose hair is “usually longer than her shoulders,” how long are her shoulders—usually? And wasn’t it A. E. Housman who wrote “Into my heart an ass that kills/from yon far country blows”?

David F.

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#4 2006-12-20 15:22:55

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1273

Re: "roomy eyes" for "rheumy eyes"

David, is that the same guy smitten by “blurry-membered hills”?

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#5 2006-12-20 16:40:07

patschwieterman
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From: California
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 1680

Re: "roomy eyes" for "rheumy eyes"

Stop—it hurts, it hurts!

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