Kinda the opposite end of the spectrum for the "How Big is Too Big?" thread.  How big does a woman have to be before you call her buff or a giantess?


For me, buff starts at about when she has what an above average man has for muscle mass, otherwise, she is just fit.   Giantess starts at about 7'+ with the proportion of a woman that is about 5'.


And, just another little thing to add, busty starts around soccer ball size, or football for all you non-Americans, (I'm lousy with cup sizes, and there is no real set system to those anyways).

Guideline for terms which I use:

"Buff" begins for a female when their muscles have obvious definition.  This is as opposed to large women who have, shall we say, well-insulated extremities.

"Muscular" begins for a female when their muscles have obvious definition and are larger than the average male.

"Giantess" is a topic in which I do not have much interest.  To me the term implies that a female has attained a size that is impractically large: i.e., over nine-feet.

"Amazon" is a category that begins at about six-feet and ends before seven-feet.  "Mini-Giantess" fills the gap between "Amazon" and "Giantess".

"Busty" is a relative term.  To my mind the term has more to do with the ratios of the bust to the waist and to the rib cage than it does to actual measurements or cup sizes.  For example a female with a 32-inch waist, a 34-inch rib cage, and a 37-inch bust would not be "busty" whereas a female with a 22-inch waist, a 32-inch rib cage, and a 37-inch bust would be considered to be "busty".  So a female character with a waist that is two-thirds the circumference of her rib cage and a bust that is at least 15% larger than her rib cage would be considered "busty".

"Leggy" is a term for female characters whom have shapely legs (not fat and not too thin) which account for 55 to 60% of their overall height.

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Hunter

I'd add to never argue with Deadly Pixxxie, either, for any reason!

I'll second that Amazon is 6 to 7 feet. For buff, I'd say its when her muscles begin to take on enough mass that they have a legitamate curve to show pronouncement. Busty is as soon as she exceeds DD cups.