To ask about this ...

[luckyduckydooda]

Reading thread about op's age guessing game... and it made me wonder- why do we use the french term 'petite' for short women.. but only ever really use the English word tall for- well, tall women.
What's wrong with the word 'short ' ??? When did short become taboo???

To me 'petite' doesn't mean just short.

It means short and small framed.

I know lots of short women. Some are short and slim, some are short and fat but only a few of them are petite.

What Worra said in a nutshell

Ohhh..ok. So what's the right word for someone who's short and fat? Always thought petite just meant short in height...

Shat?

@WorraLiberty

To me 'petite' doesn't mean just short.

It means short and small framed.

I know lots of short women. Some are short and slim, some are short and fat but only a few of them are petite.

Not in clothing stores it isn’t. You can still buy a size 18 in a petite range.

Some clothes brands have a petite range which is for women under 5’3. So that might be you think that. But I agree that it’s a descriptor of frame and not purely height in usual conversation.

ok thank you for your replies!

short and fat? I'm afraid it's "dumpy"...

@AbsoolutelyKnott

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@AbsoolutelyKnott

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