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Old 11-07-2023, 04:16 PM   #2240
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
Certainly a 400 lb one would be female and 800 lb unusual.
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Which is why the 800 pound gorilla gets what they want.

And really, are we going to fact-check aphorisms now?
My (possibly faulty) lifelong memory of the phrase is 600 pound gorilla with the connotation as you write. Since 500 pounds is the top of the normal range, a hypothetical 600 pounds is plenty for the aphorism.

There are plenty of search results for both, and wikipedia and dictionaries look to have gone with 800 punds. So it looks like somewhere along the way, the mythical 600 pound gorilla has put on some weight.
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