Naming the five toes: an inquiry

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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 toe
second toe
third toe
fourth toe
little 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 toe
Pete
Roger
Mike
Pinkie toe

epistantophus, Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:32 (one year ago)

big toe
dave
dee
dozy
little toe

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 02:36 (one year ago)

syd
dave
roger
richard
nick

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 toe
annette
cubby
karen
little toe

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:04 (one year ago)

big toe
index toe
middle toe
ring toe
pinky toe

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:06 (one year ago)

Admittedly cumbersome, but:

went to market toe
stayed home toe
ate roast beef toe
had none toe
cried wee-wee-wee all the way home toe

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2023 03:23 (one year ago)

Bob
Carol
Ted
Alice
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 toe
little bitty toe
four eyed toe
no toe
eat toe

Florin Cuchares, Saturday, 19 August 2023 04:03 (one year ago)

big toe
queen
bishop
knight
little toe

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 04:44 (one year ago)

big toe
tall guy
big sis
kid bro
pee wee

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2023 04:51 (one year ago)

Gros orteil
Les trois autres
Petit 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 Dee
Dozey
Beaky
Mick
Titch

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:01 (one year ago)

Prime Minister Toejo
Halitoesis
Toeri Amos
Toeyota
Say it ain't so toe
Moses 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)


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