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I repose my hopes in J, because next to perirrhanterium, calling the inside of your upperlip the vestibule [1] is like calling the palatine uvula the "dangly bit at the back of your throat."
[1] vestibule
noun
3. the part of the mouth outside the teeth
[Latin vestibulum 'entrance court']
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As a reminder for new people, voting is open to everyone whether they have contributed a daffinition or not. HL, that's an ummmm, interesting avatar. Are you etaoin's brother, by any chance? 
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> avatar
I an't tell if that's Nosferatu, or Charleton Heston with his eyes wigged out...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Quote:
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I an't tell if that's Nosferatu, or Charleton Heston with his eyes wigged out...
in actualment, it looks more like that Russian Mad Monk guy, which could be even scarier.
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> Mad Monk oh yeah, who is that guy? Rasputin? edit for link. (wikipedia alert)
Last edited by etaoin; 11/24/05 06:02 PM.
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I an't tell if that's Nosferatu, or Charleton Heston with his eyes wigged out...
Svengali
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...calling the palatine uvula the "dangly bit at the back of your throat."
Close. I've had fun calling it "the dingle-dangle in the back of the throat" for forty-plus years.
Strangely enough, absolutely everybody knows what I mean, too. Pretty impressive
for imprecise non-technical language.
(But then, I also call my sphygmomanometer a "blood-pressure-taker"
and my ophthalmoscope an "eyeball-looker-inner."
Always was fond of the KISS principle!)
Keep It Simple, Stupid!
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Did you start off as a pediatrician, Woofy?
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Did you start off as a pediatrician, Woofy?
Or a vet, with a nickname like that one.
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j. That portion of the mouth which immediately surrounds the front teeth.
Don't lips?
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