In the early days of opera, womyn were not allowed to sing in public, not even in a chorus. How to fill in the female roles in opera? Pick a choir-boy with a great voice that has not yet deepened, by consent of their parents, perform a little operation on them, removing the testicles.
Results? Without the hormones needed for adulthood, their voices remained sopranos and altos while their chests and lungs matured regularly, their voices combined male power with female beauty. Now they were able to successfully pull off female roles onstage.
Today, this practice is illegal.
Results? Without the hormones needed for adulthood, their voices remained sopranos and altos while their chests and lungs matured regularly, their voices combined male power with female beauty. Now they were able to successfully pull off female roles onstage.
Today, this practice is illegal.
Farinelli was the most legendary castrato... history says these things, but can it make you believe them?
by Sam October 29, 2004

by Sam September 28, 2003

a sexy guy with a tan that he gets from working out on the beach and serving the tourists daquiris and rum and cokes.
by Sam July 03, 2004

1. Appreviated form of the surname Butler, adapted to include umlauts to aid pronunciation in written text, appeared in England, circa 2002.
2. An 1337 person.
2. An 1337 person.
Bü is 1337
by Sam January 02, 2004

short for Del Playa. A beach front street in Isle Vista, steps away from the UC Santa Barbara campus. The hub for college partying, drinking, sex, and drugs. Host of the largest Halloween party I've seen every year.
Girl: What are you doing Thursday night?
Guy: Hitting up DP for some free beer, there's like 10 keggers.
Guy: Hitting up DP for some free beer, there's like 10 keggers.
by Sam January 19, 2005

by Sam May 13, 2005
