Bust

Posted by David FG on September 06, 2004

In Reply to: Bust posted by Lotg (OZ) on September 06, 2004

: Earlier Bruce Kahl created a thread headed 'busted'. That got me thinking about the various uses of the word. Because his thread was taking a very clear and serious direction I didn't want to digress too much on his topic, hence the new thread.

: This query is to ask why someone's breasts are called a bust. Or why someone's chest is called a bust (eg. sculptures from the chest up).

: Any clues?

It's from the French 'buste' or Italian 'busto'. It has nothing to do with 'bust' meaning broken, which is a corruption of the word 'burst'.

DFG

• Bust Bruce Kahl 06/September/04
  • Bust Smokey Stover 07/September/04
    • Bust Smokey Stover 07/September/04
      • Bust David FG 07/September/04
        • Bustenhalter Lotg (OZ) 07/September/04