“Husky,” that is, was used to describe strapping young men with formidable, ropey forearms, not corpulent youngsters with a taste for Fudgsicles. My friends and I were out in the playground during recess, and urgently needed to confirm a recent rumor that one of the girls in our class 'liked' one of our friends. Size was just kind of implied in that somehow.” A reader recently asked what men think about being called 'cute.' I have a very poignant memory of the first time I heard a girl call a guy 'cute.' It was when I was about 11 years old. “The word had to do with being tough, strong and vigorous. “‘Husky’ was a reference to corn or vegetable husks, which are sinewy,” he says. Historically, Adams says, “husky” had another meaning, one quite distinct from its current one. Nor did husky as a euphemism for fat appear in any of the dictionaries he regularly consults for such information. Neither did Indiana University English professor and American slang expert Michael Adams. Richard Feinberg, professor of retail management at Purdue University, posed the question to more than 100 academics and retail executives over email, and none of them knew the term’s origin.
Strangely, retail and linguist experts don’t know when husky became the industry’s preferred term for plus-sized boys’ clothing. The new Ken equivalent of the 'curvy' Barbie is called 'broad' instead of 'husky' bc men are TRAUMATIZED by 'husky' /MEv2JKnwSd
