Why Are Women's Breasts Called Lills

[relphy12]

Seen this several times recently in the papers

[murraymints]

are they ?

[1ozzy]

Because reporters and editors these days are under educated and just plain stupid.

[waterboatman]

A new one on me!

[naomi24]

Never heard of that.

[GenuineclAss]

Probably some sort of rhyming slang. Has some unfortunate fallen out of her top recently and her name is Lily, or rhymes with Lil?

[B00]

I've not heard of them called this either, but I did find this...

http://www.dictionarycentral.com/definition/lils.html

[GenuineclAss]

That's a bit tame, Boo! Was hoping for something more in the line of "Lily the pinks"!

[mibn2cweus]

I doubt Dolly Parton is familiar with that term either.

[relphy12]

It was recently in the papers with the Danny dyer sex texting saga .Seems to be a London thing just wondered what the reference was

[mallyh]

danny dyer named his manboobs hairy lils

[douglas9401]

Professor of The Tortured Rhyme, Tora Tora Tora, will be along presently to enlighten us. :)

[aelmpvw]

trouble is Douglas we won't understand his answer

[HansUrbancka]

I must try and keep abreast of such terminology.

Hans.

[GenuineclAss]

Danny Dyer, mallyh?! Good grief, so men can have Lils as well, it seems!

[murraymints]

titter Hans !

[Peter Pedant]

can someone be guilty of inappropriate behaviour if no one knows what or how the behaviour is inappropriate /

in this case texting lils ?

Oh whilst I am at it without starting a new thread
( but about abuse of English )

bagel gate where a fight broke out on a train when people started putting bagels on passegners heads - unwanted and unbid for .....

did anyone notice that a bagel had to have a hole in it and these didnt so were closer to buns ?

bagel gate - what a bummer .....

[Jomlett]

I can't Adam and Eve it...This was asked here in 2004!

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question42555.html

[Quizmonster]

Seeing that I answered the question first 13 years ago, I'd better have my twopennorth now as well.
The verb, to lill, used to mean to hang the tongue out, so perhaps there is some sort of connection there!

[ivor4781]

i heard men call them lils 50 years ago when i was a youth its not new, but i am from "up north"

[Sqad]

Named after Lilly Langtree...beauty...famed for her breasts and mistress of Edward VII.

Lills.