Alec Guinness coined the word "fubsy." It appears in a 1913 . . . though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear . . . Here endeth the lesson on "fubsy." . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 3:29 PM

This is boring even me. . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 4:53 PM

"Fubsy?" Why, the word dates from . . . Diary Apr., Her daughter, a fubsy, good-humoured..merry old maid. 1826 J. . . . III. vii. 159 A fat, fubsy foot, as unsentimental as could . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 4:41 PM

"Fubsy?" I of course join you . . . sidekick of a dog. But "fubsy?" Definition and deriviation, please. (We . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 2:09 PM

Peter, "fubsy" is a word invented by . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 2:19 PM

Guiness! I swoon for Alec Guiness. We tend to think of him as a fine, wry character actor, but as you'd know, John, in his youth he was brilliantly funny—in the chase scenes in The Man . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 2:54 PM

Adorable, John, and...fubsy. . . .

Posted in The Corner on Thursday May 19, 2005 at 5:06 PM

of short films about a fubsy Briton inventor named Wallace and . . .

Posted in The Corner on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 1:56 PM