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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Soul patch #170139 09/22/2007 3:55 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky A friend has lent me several Harlan Coben books (pretty good but not great, imho), and in some of them, characters are referred to as having or "sporting" a soul patch. For all I knew it was some kind of tattoo. Today I finally tried looking it up online, to find that it is a kind of, well, patch, of facial hair. But I found different "definitions"; one place said that basically it was a goatee; another, that it was a small tuft just beneath the lower lip and above the chin. Is there anybody more in touch with the real world than I am who can tell me for sure what it is? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soul patch Jackie #170140 09/22/2007 4:02 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont my understanding of it is that it is a small goatee. sort of like a hitler moustache but on the chin. I think the bit just under the lip has another name? but likely it all gets a bit confused. a bit hairy, one might even say. there is an Olympic speed skater, whose name escapes me at the moment, who sported one. Apolo Anton OHNO Last edited by etaoin; 09/22/2007 4:06 PM. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soul patch Buffalo Shrdlu #170141 09/22/2007 4:38 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass wikipedia claims it's under the lip. -joe (I've got mine surrounded) friday edit: but check this photo out! Last edited by tsuwm; 09/22/2007 4:42 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soul patch tsuwm #170142 09/22/2007 4:45 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I've associated a soul patch with the kind of beardlet worn by Frank Zappa. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soul patch zmjezhd #170143 09/22/2007 4:48 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks for the clarification. however, is it a soul patch even when it's part of the entire beard ensemble? so, one could say, "the soul patch portion of my beard"? Last edited by etaoin; 09/22/2007 4:50 PM. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Soul patch Buffalo Shrdlu #170144 09/22/2007 5:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I'd say no way. -joe (no way) friday 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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