An oddity of the language is that the term is never used to refer to plastic surgery enhanced breasts. When the artificial nature of such enhancements is discussed (often with some levity) these are often called fakes or silicone jobs.
Bosom pads
In the Victorian Era, girls were considered grown-up when they were 15 years old. However, many girls had not developed large enough breasts to fit into adult clothes, therefore bosom pads were used.
When small, rounded breasts were in fashion, the problem was reversed. Adult women solved the problem with tight corsets and breast binding.
When used after breast removal surgery, as for cancer, the usual term used is breast prosthesis. Little levity attaches to this use of the term.
False Eyelashes
In recent years, "falsies" has also been used to mean false eyelashes.See also
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