thinking man's crumpet

== English == === Etymology === Coined in the 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. From crumpet (“a sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === thinking man's crumpet (plural thinking man's crumpets) (UK, 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 uses the definite article the. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:beautiful woman ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === thinking man's crumpet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia