Hairy Or Hirsute?

Daily Mail:

For some women, a hairy man is the acme of masculinity; for others, only a smooth torso is truly desirable.So, do you prefer your chap to be hairless or hirsute?

Read the whole story: Daily Mail

Comments

[SouthJerseySteve]

11:27 PM on 01/10/2008

As long as the hairy chest isn't Austin Powers!

[JohnFromCensornati]

10:54 PM on 01/10/2008

Hairy and hirsute are both good.

[mamacat]

03:34 AM on 01/10/2008

Whatever knocks your socks off, go for it.

[GlockGal]

02:53 AM on 01/10/2008

The article brought back some pretty frightenin­g memories of my ex-husband­. I've given up on scary hairy guys, in favor of those who have the smooth look.

I did take offense to the writer's remark about women over 45. Please! We're rapidly being thought of as the 'cougar generation­,' and in that context, furless is more fun.

Sage point about the plumbing bills, too.

[cinemaven]

01:29 AM on 01/10/2008

I like my men (man) hirsute... the hirsutier the better! I do prefer him to be sans back hair but my hubby won't let me wax him.

There are men who look better without hair though... those with just a teeny tuft might as well take it all off.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

07:34 PM on 01/09/2008

Regardless of the typo and to answer the question - it depends on the hunk. Daniel Craig (now) or Sean Connery (then) - ggggrrrrrr­. Hair or no hair, it just depends on the hunk.

[pravin]

01:33 PM on 01/09/2008

I agree. Are the HuffPost editors so ignorant? Hirsute or hairy? It pretty much means the same thing.

[TimmySlagle]

10:38 AM on 01/09/2008

Somebody needs a dictionary­. You wouldn't expect someone at a British newspaper to be so ignorant aqbout the English language.

And the HuffPo editors just passed on the same ignorant headline, rather than looking it up themselves­:

hirsute |ˈhərˌsoōt­; hərˈsoōt; ˈhi(ə)rˌso­ōt| adjective

hairy : their hirsute chests.

DERIVATIVE­S:
hirsutenes­s noun

So translated­, the question is, which do you prefer: Hairy or Hairy?
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin hirs