There are a lot of body words that turn people off. I’m thinking nostril, for example, or gland or scrotum. But there are also body words that people love for their beauty, maybe, or their comic charm.
Ankle
Wrist
Nape
Waist
Thumb
Pinky
Fingertip
Instep
Elbow
Pulse point
Lip
Brow
Eyelash
Eyelid
Knuckle
Calf
Palm
Tush
Derriere
Hip
Cuticle
Muscle
Navel
Cuspidor
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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4 comments:
I like your portrait of connotative language and the body both negative and positive: wrist, pulse point, lip, brow...
I enjoyed this!
Sigh...I was having annual body part checkups yesterday.
What about the purlicue? The dip from thumb to pointer finger...the lesser known part-names have their own charm.
Purlicue! That's wonderful.
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