pear shaped 

A British expression used to indicate that something has gone horribly wrong with a person's plans, most commonly in the phrase "It's all gone pear shaped." The origin is unclear, but one theory says that it is RAF slang relating to the difficulty of performing aerobatic loops, which were described as "pear shaped" if executed imperfectly.

"Howard Dean must have thought he was a shoo-in for the Democratic presidential nomination, but somehow in the primaries it all went pear shaped."

pear shaped by Mooseboy February 11, 2004

pear shaped 

A term meaning "to go to hell in handbasket" or "when the shit hits the fan." Reportedly of British or Cockney origin, from the Royal Air Force's description of circular flight paths gone awry, or "pear-shaped."

Also may relate to a popular French Revolution caricature of "citizen King" Louis-Philippe, drawn by Honore Daumier and Charles Philipon in 1832 as a jowly pear. The French term "poire," or pear, was slang for "fool" or "idiot" - and soon thereafter, all caricatures of the King were banned, pear-shaped or not.

"To say that it all goes pear-shaped is an under statement. The reactors go out of control and quickly the effort is not to save the plant, but to minimise the effects."

pear shaped by farkleberry July 7, 2004

pear shaped 

Quite often people's shapes, are compared to fruits, like pear, melon, or banana shaped.
The only shape that has no fruit connected to it is the hourglass shape.

Body parts like breasts can be compared to shapes too:
Melons (full and round), pear shaped (half full, most people have this), pointy (where the nipple sticks out), hangtits (hanging banana's), or flats (no tits)

Yeah, you have something there that men love! Just go for it, and have fun tonight!

pear shaped by Fukaface! December 18, 2010

pear shaped 

when the shit aint goin right

its gone all fuckin pear shaped!

pear shaped by A_Chair_In_Hell January 21, 2004

pear shaped 

If you are to have a large evening that consists of consuming ridiculous amounts of either alcohol or illegal substances you are bound to end up pear shaped.When your mind and internal organs are not functioning as they should do,due to mind altering substance use, you are pear shaped.

"Gee whiz,last night was a fuckn corka!Tell ya what,I'm gonna be fuckn PEAR SHAPED tomorrow!!YEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

pear shaped by Philthy Phil October 24, 2006

Pear shaped 

An attempt by females to make a male feel ashamed of their bodies, and that they should all have a V shaped torso like something out of a magazine. Usually an attempt made by the same females who claim that it is the males who try to shame females about their bodies. Trying to make people ashamed of who they are instead of what they look like would be closer to impressive, if you're trying to give somebody else shit about something. Telling them they're an asshole, or a hypocrite, or a faggot, or something they already know about themselves isn't going to be shocking, stunning, or mindblowing. Neither is a story about abuse, since they've been heard so many times they've lost their stun/shock value.

The reality is there's a lot more pear shaped guys in the world than there are V shaped guys in the world, since reality is not like a magazine.

Pear shaped by Solid Mantis February 1, 2021

pear-shaped

sadly wrong, awry (usually in past tense)

Everything was going well until the afternoon, then it all went pear-shaped.

pear-shaped by Alcyon April 26, 2005