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)”).

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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

References
  1. An affair to remember, The Daily Telegraph, 5 October 2003.
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