I was idly washing my feet after a dusty hike and noticed that the accumulation was particularly noteworthy in the gap between my baby toes and their adjacent toes. No sooner than this observation had crystalized in my overly talkative brain than I realized that, other than "the toe next to my baby toe" I had no idea what the 'common' name for that toe would be.
All five fingers have common, informal names: thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, pinky. But among toes I could only think of: big toe, baby toe. This is an egregious gap in my knowledge base.
Tell me what you call those other three toes, or whether you draw an equal blank when it comes to folksy pedal nomenclature. You may also suggest appropriate names if you so desire.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:15 (one year ago)
big toesecond toethird toe fourth toelittle toe
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:16 (one year ago)
really? my crest has fallen
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:17 (one year ago)
do not have an answer for you, but a friend has a weirdly shortened right (and only on the right) big toe, such that it is significantly shorter than the next one over
still a wonderful person tho! sorry, that's all i've got
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:19 (one year ago)
disappointed that the aussies haven't managed to shorten 'toe'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:21 (one year ago)
my big toe & second toe are the same length so big toe is really only barely skating by on reputation alone
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:23 (one year ago)
girth, not length, is your big toe's strength
amirite
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:25 (one year ago)
Big toePeteRogerMikePinkie toe
― epistantophus, Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:32 (one year ago)
big toedavedee dozy little toe
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:36 (one year ago)
syddaverogerrichardnick
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:51 (one year ago)
1, 2, 3 and to the fo'Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr Dre each lost a toe
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:55 (one year ago)
big toeannettecubbykaren little toe
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:04 (one year ago)
big toeindex toemiddle toering toepinky toe
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:06 (one year ago)
Admittedly cumbersome, but:
went to market toestayed home toeate roast beef toehad none toecried wee-wee-wee all the way home toe
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:23 (one year ago)
BobCarolTedAlice Pinky
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:27 (one year ago)
the central toe is the crux, the axis, the queen of toes, and so it is named: the imperial toe
the big toe is called the tank
betwixt the imperial toe and the tank is the knight of toes, standing tall at the vanguard of the foot
to the queen toe's other side nestles the vizier, its trusted advisor
at the farthest outside end, shriveled and alone, nature's cruel jape: the dwarf toe
― pretty god (cat), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:43 (one year ago)
big toelittle bitty toefour eyed toeno toeeat toe
― Florin Cuchares, Saturday, 19 August 2023 04:03 (one year ago)
big toequeenbishopknightlittle toe
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 04:44 (one year ago)
big toetall guybig siskid bropee wee
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2023 04:51 (one year ago)
Gros orteilLes trois autresPetit orteil
Otherwise like the fingers: le pouce, l'index, le majeur, l'annulaire, l'auriculaire. Though the last one gets its name from us being able to insert it into the ear.
Apparently even our doctors don't get further than: hallux, secundus, tertius, quartus, quintus. Poor toes, forever unnamed.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 19 August 2023 08:43 (one year ago)
Dave DeeDozeyBeakyMickTitch
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:01 (one year ago)
Prime Minister ToejoHalitoesis Toeri AmosToeyota Say it ain't so toeMoses supposes his toeses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously
― Capybara Gibb (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:35 (one year ago)
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lima, garbanzo, remy, pinto, pole, edamame, cannellini, fava, adzuki, mung, cocoa & coffee
― pretty god (cat), Saturday, 19 August 2023 13:13 (one year ago)