The cavity under your nose.

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Is there a word for the cavity that's under your nose, over your upper lip. In Finnish we call it "snot spout", but I doubt that's the official term. Also, why is that thing there? What is its biological function?

And while we're at it, what's the English term for the red, round area around your nipple?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:45 (twenty years ago)

aureola? fuck if I know.

― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:48 (twenty years ago)

oh i check it's areola, that's the dark skin around your nipple.

― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:48 (twenty years ago)

The bit under your nose is the philtrum.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:49 (twenty years ago)

In Finnish the official word for areola is "nipple yard", I always thought that was kinda funny.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:51 (twenty years ago)

As demonstrated in The Jennifer Lopez Philtrum Page.

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― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:51 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the nose thing is the philtrum and the nipple thing is the areola (although as I'm afro-caribean, mine are a dark brown)

The German for nipple is iirc "brustwarz" transliterating as "breast wart"...Gotta love those fun lovin' Teutons.

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 08:58 (twenty years ago)

Ah, sorry, I didn't intend to ignore the nipples of our black brothers and sisters. ;)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

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