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Here's to swimming with bow-legged women. In an adventure game, an old bartender said "Here's to swimming with bow-legged women." as I leave the bar. What does that mean? What is its origin? I searched it up myself but I just found out that Jaws and Popeye, the old film and cartoon, used the phrase a long time ago. That's it? I'm curious. If somebody who knows about the phrase well, please explain. https://i.postimg.cc/26sxjzH5/ddsb.jpg
Nov 26, 2019 7:20 PM
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Tanja
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I've never heard the expression, but it appears to be a sexual reference, inferring that horse women can't keep their legs together. I expect that it has fallen out of favor with other sexist phrases. https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/44/messages/488.html
November 26, 2019
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jakeage@yahoo.com
"bow-legged" refers to a body type in which a person's knees are naturally far apart when they are standing. Their legs are shaped like bows (bows used in archery). The humor in this is that a woman whose legs are bowed might tend to reveal her pubic region often while swimming. The humor is also helped by the fact that "swimmin" and "women" rhyme. I will admit that i chuckled when i saw the question but, to Tanja's point, i would never use this phrase in mixed company. It is coarse humor.
November 27, 2019 · Reply
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Thank you, jakeage... for answering!
November 28, 2019 · Reply
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