heralding the end of the world...
This was the Oxford English Dictionary "word of the day" yesterday...i love how they cite Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre as "sources". The OED is perhaps the most respected and scholarly catalog of the english language...
bootylicious, a.
slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. /{smm}bu{lm}t{shti}{sm}l{shti}{sh}{schwa}s /, U.S. /{smm}bud{schwa}{sm}l{shti}{sh}{schwa}s / [< BOOTY n.3 + -ALICIOUS.]
1. Of rap lyrics: bad, weak. rare.
1992 ‘SNOOP DOGGY DOGG’ Fuck Wit Dre Day (song) in ‘Dr. Dre’ Chronic (album), Them rhymes you were kickin were quite bootylicious. 1996 ‘So when you see Dre, a DJ on the Mic’ in alt.rap (Usenet Newsgroup) 26 Nov., He's great on ‘100 Miles’, but his rhymes are quite bootylicious on ‘Efil4zaggin’.
2. Esp. of a woman, often with reference to the buttocks: sexually attractive, sexy; shapely.
1994 Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune (Nexis) 17 Jan. 1A, Winning the prize for originality: ‘flippen flappin’, an expression of anger; ‘booty-licious’, as good-looking; [etc.]. 1999 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 25 Jan., I still think she's bootknockingly bootylicious. 2001 R. FUSARI et al. (title of song) in ‘Destiny's Child’ Survivor (album), Bootylicious. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Dec. (Mag.) 29 (caption) It's Hogmanay, time to party and look bootylicious for the Bells. 2003 Elle Jan. 76/2 Sasha's plan was to add muscle mass to butt and hips{em}make me more ‘bootylicious’..{em}while simultaneously whittling away my waist.
bootylicious, a.
slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. /{smm}bu{lm}t{shti}{sm}l{shti}{sh}{schwa}s /, U.S. /{smm}bud{schwa}{sm}l{shti}{sh}{schwa}s / [< BOOTY n.3 + -ALICIOUS.]
1. Of rap lyrics: bad, weak. rare.
1992 ‘SNOOP DOGGY DOGG’ Fuck Wit Dre Day (song) in ‘Dr. Dre’ Chronic (album), Them rhymes you were kickin were quite bootylicious. 1996 ‘So when you see Dre, a DJ on the Mic’ in alt.rap (Usenet Newsgroup) 26 Nov., He's great on ‘100 Miles’, but his rhymes are quite bootylicious on ‘Efil4zaggin’.
2. Esp. of a woman, often with reference to the buttocks: sexually attractive, sexy; shapely.
1994 Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune (Nexis) 17 Jan. 1A, Winning the prize for originality: ‘flippen flappin’, an expression of anger; ‘booty-licious’, as good-looking; [etc.]. 1999 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 25 Jan., I still think she's bootknockingly bootylicious. 2001 R. FUSARI et al. (title of song) in ‘Destiny's Child’ Survivor (album), Bootylicious. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Dec. (Mag.) 29 (caption) It's Hogmanay, time to party and look bootylicious for the Bells. 2003 Elle Jan. 76/2 Sasha's plan was to add muscle mass to butt and hips{em}make me more ‘bootylicious’..{em}while simultaneously whittling away my waist.