http://wordie.org/words/fubsy Comments for the word 'Fubsy' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/fubsy#comments "...and besides, she knows she is <a href="/words/fubsy">fubsy</a> and frumpy, and simply cannot compete with dashing Hélène." <br /> <br />- Nabokov, <i>Ada, or Ardor</i>. Sat, 17 May 2008 05:06:17 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/fubsy#comments http://wordie.org/words/fubsy#comments There's a building Manhattan that I used to call the fubs building -- for "fat, ugly, big, squat". Imagine my surprise when I discovered the meaning of fubsy. :-) Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:17:31 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/fubsy#comments http://wordie.org/words/fubsy#comments <i>You prayed to the devil in Serpentine avenue that the fubsy widow in front might lift her clothes still more from the wet street.</i><br />Joyce, Ulysses, 3 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:15:38 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/fubsy#comments