Talk:woman of size

RFD discussion: May–July 2017

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woman of size

woman with of size? (By the way, the author is you‐know‐who again.) — (((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 01:11, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Of size is itself an example of a syntactic construction of broad application: A woman of renown, nothing of substance, a cross of gold. DCDuring (talk) 01:30, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, same kind of thing as of color. Equinox ◑ 16:16, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

I like what you did there "broad application." Also delete. - TheDaveRoss 14:27, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

A triple entendre. - -sche (discuss) 03:21, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Delete. The definition given is clearly SoP. I don't think it is even a euphemism. DCDuring (talk) 01:31, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

It's not even a definition. I can't think of a reason for keeping it. Delete. DonnanZ (talk) 08:19, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Delete. - -sche (discuss) 03:21, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Wait !, we have person of size don't we ? woman of size is certainly a euphemism for an obese woman. Keep. Leasnam (talk) 19:54, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

• RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 18:36, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
  • @Metaknowledge, could you clarify your decision? You wrote "RFD failed" and struck out the section heading, but didn't delete the entry. — SMUconlaw (talk) 10:20, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
    • @Metaknowledge, Smuconlaw: "RFD failed" should mean the same as "RFD kept", i.e. the deletion request failed. But by the intro "RFD failed" is no proper result which can be either "RFD deleted" or "RFD kept". By the votes it seems that it would be "RFD deleted" (which should be the same as *"RFD passed"). Then so should be man of size (see below), person of size, maybe also person of color.
      @DCDuring: How is the definition SoP? "woman" means "female person", but that doesn't make the definition a real SoP (like e.g. blue car: 1. blue car). And what about another defnition like "A woman who is significantly overweight, i.e. fat." (in analogy to person of size)? "woman of size" rather sounds like "tall woman" (in a sense similar to "female giant"). But it means "fat woman" which non-euphemistic would be "fat woman" or *"woman of fat", or alternative "woman of weight". And how is woman of size more SoP than person of size, woman of size (linked in person of color) or person of color?
      And what about having entries like of size (1. fat) and of color (1. of non-white skin color)? With terms like person of color, man of color, woman of color, actor of color (~25 google book results), musician of color (~9 results), American of color (~9 results), politician of color (6 results), of color should already be phrase and the other terms should be SoP. -84.161.16.32 18:34, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

      I would delete virtually all NPs using of in this way, but I haven't been spending much time in our Augean stables lately. The exceptions are those that have become conventionalized, especially if using the word after of in a not-so-conventional way.

      I'm sureI hope you agree that wall of great size is SoP. Isn't woman of great size SoP? I would hope you would agree that wall of size is SoP. I don't think woman of size departs from this normal construction of meaning for these of NPs. DCDuring (talk) 22:22, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

• Smuconlaw: It must've been an oversight; I've now deleted it. Anon: That is silly pedantry, even by the estimation of a self-professed silly pedant. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 22:50, 12 July 2017 (UTC)