thinking man's crumpet

English

Etymology

Coined 1960s by Frank Muir to describe Joan Bakewell, following the latter’s appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up.[1]

From crumpet (“sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”).

Noun

thinking man's crumpet (plural thinking man's crumpets)

  1. (Britain, slang) An intelligent and good looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.
    Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".

Usage notes

Frequently the thinking man’s crumpet.

Synonyms

  • For semantic relationships of this term, see beautiful woman in the Thesaurus.

References

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