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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread labret #124834 03/08/2004 4:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 -------- Date: Thu Aug 6 00:08:27 EDT 1998 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--labret labret (LAY-brit) noun An ornament inserted into a perforation in the lip. [Latin labrum, lip. + -ET.] What fools these mortals be. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: labret wwh #217080 06/14/2014 7:39 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Ten years on and this is almost a common thing to see these insertions into perforations. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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