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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread big toe #775 03/20/2000 12:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 sachin stranger sachin stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 Hello, I once knew the techical term for big toe, but now have forgotten, please could someone let me know. Thanks ever so much sach Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: big toe #776 03/20/2000 3:48 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 23 Ohio USA cadaver stranger cadaver stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 23 Ohio USA hallux I probably should add that the thumb is pollex Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: big toe #777 04/04/2000 3:44 AM 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 as an interesting aside (or not), Thomas Pynchon, in _Mason & Dixon_, writes as follows: "Mr. Warford peers over at his wife, who for the second time tonight desuperpollicates...." -- gives a thumbs down Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: big toe #778 04/04/2000 4:41 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Southern CA Hallyx stranger Hallyx stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Southern CA Oh, but I must weigh in on this thread. "Hallux" is, of course, the medical term for the lower proximal phallange. My handle is a creative misspelling. As a falconer, I chose it to imply the austringer's connotation: the large hind talon of a falcon or hawk--- the one that pierces the heart of her prey. Hallyx "I knew if I stayed around long enough, something like this would happen." --- Epitaph - George Bernard Shaw 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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