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ZUP
Oct 10, 2006 10:13
17 yrs ago
French term

pigeonner

French to English Art/Literary Cosmetics, Beauty bust enhancer
From the description of a bust enhancer (of all things!):

Avec ce nouveau soin tenseur pour un décolleté à la hauteur, les laboratoires XYZ réussissent à défier les lois de la gravité.
Un soin enchanteur pour bichonner sa poitrine et la faire pigeonner.

The only use of this term that I'm familiar with is rather slang, meaning to be had or taken for a ride. Petit Bob also says it can mean something that is built by pigeons - again, not really helpful here!
Any ideas?? Otherwise, I'm going to go with something like "plump up", like the way a pigeon plumps up its feathers to keep warm.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 make plump/plump up
4 +5 lift

Discussion

Cervin Oct 10, 2006:
Sorry should say ';www.dealtime.co.uk etcetera as above!
Cervin Oct 10, 2006:
Easier to get to through the red link www.dealtimeetc
Cervin Oct 10, 2006:
It really is worth following the link 'escentual.co.uk' it is quite funny!I was going to copy & paste it here but it's a bit long. It contains a sort of survey from women who have used the cream with results such as 'firmer', 'plumper' larger!!!!!!
Cervin Oct 10, 2006:
...The most seductive asset a woman can have is a pretty décolleté that is both plump and firm.Based on the observation that the bust is essentially ma... Read more at escentual.co.uk ..
Mind boggling, eh, Bourth!
Cervin Oct 10, 2006:
I am sure you could use 'plump' or plumping. There were quite a few ghits from typing in 'bust plumping' See:
Methode Jeanne Piaubert DECOLLETE 3D Plumping Up Care for the Bust 50ml at http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xFS?KW=bust care&FN=&FD=0&x=11&y=1...
and..
Bourth (X) Oct 10, 2006:
Biche-onner, pigeon-ner. There's a lot of animal imagery in there.
Bourth (X) Oct 10, 2006:
Watch it girls! I bet it's a boy pigeon in the picture above.
Rachel Fell Oct 10, 2006:
here's something that seems to confirm your idea: http://correcteurs.blog.lemonde.fr/correcteurs/2005/03/pushu...
French Foodie (asker) Oct 10, 2006:
Yes, Rachel, I think that's the look they're going for. All the magic of one little cream!
Rachel Fell Oct 10, 2006:
or like this;-) http://www.strombergschickens.com/images/pigeons/PIGEBF_L.jp...

Proposed translations

+3
20 mins
Selected

make plump/plump up

maybe make plump and firm (up)

Was going to say "push up (and out)" but remembered it's a cream...

Researchers at the British School of Osteopathy in London have found that fashion bras (anything designed to push up and push out) and sports bras constrict ...
cheef.com/buffaloskin/Answers/The_Pro___Con/Bras_are_bad_/bras_are_bad_.html

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-10-10 10:35:23 GMT)
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Breast Massage Cream, Breast Enlargement and Firming Cream ...
Natural Herbal Breast Cream with Enlargement and Firming Action. ... Pectoral Push-Ups: Lie face down on the floor and raise up, as if doing conventional ...
www.ayurvediccure.com/breast_cream.htm
Peer comment(s):
neutral Miranda Joubioux (X) : I thought of that too and was worried about using the word 'plump'
17 mins
hm, maybe, but I was worried about how a cream could lift them!;-)
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : I think this is waht's meant here
2 hrs
Thank you Ingeborg:)
agree NancyLynn
4 hrs
Thank you Nancy Lynn:)
agree Cervin : See note above
6 hrs
Thank you Cervin! Though goodness knows how that cream can plump them up - also mind-boggling!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "while I think lift could have worked too (as in a soutien-gorge pigeonnant), lift appears elsewhere in the text, so I went with this - also more in line with the pigeon image. Thanks to all!"
+5
11 mins

lift

Robert & Collins gives
ce soutien-gorge fait pigeonner les seins : this bra pushes the breasts up

I would use the verb "lift"

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Note added at 44 mins (2006-10-10 10:58:32 GMT)
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http://www.breast-lift-enhancement.com/works.bust.enhancer.h...
http://www.physiciansselect.com/breastlift.htm

The word 'lift' has connotations of plastic surgery.
It may or may not be what you want
Peer comment(s):
agree Carol Gullidge : fits best with "défier les lois de la gravité"
26 mins
Thanks Carol
agree Sandra Petch : As would a soutien-gorge pigeonnant!
1 hr
Thanks Sandra
agree Julie Barber
5 hrs
Thanks Julie
agree sporran
16 hrs
Thanks Sporran
agree Michele Fauble
18 hrs
Thanks Michele
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