On persons without mustaches, I call it "under your nose."
See that's what I would have said but then thought of what part of my face is waxed when I go to get a "lip" wax. JUST THAT AREA. craziness.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - May 17, 2006 12:28:04 pm PDT #7842 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
msbelle - May 17, 2006 12:29:03 pm PDT #7843 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
appropriate looks?
you are weird.
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 12:33:22 pm PDT #7844 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a scratch on my upper lip. I have a scratch above my top lip. I have a scratch next to my philtrum.
It's very complicated.
appropriate looks?
you are weird.
Not at all. Some people can pull off stuff others can't--and sometimes you can tell. Was it a leery old man rubbing dry hands together? Was it a chipper young man? Maternal older woman?
I have no flat answer. It's deeply contextual.
And you call me weird when your chin goes by the alternate name of lower lip?
JZ - May 17, 2006 12:34:27 pm PDT #7845 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
See that's what I would have said but then thought of what part of my face is waxed when I go to get a "lip" wax. JUST THAT AREA. craziness.
That is a stumper.
I just looked in my Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, and apparently there is no official name for that whole area. There's the philtrum, and the lovely muscle that controls your lip and makes everything from smiles to sneers to oral sex possible is called the orbicularis oris.
Orbicularis oris. Orbicularis oris. It doesn't really flow. I think the hivemind could do better than that. We came up with vagina bojangler, surely we can outdo orbicularis oris.
Burrell - May 17, 2006 12:43:43 pm PDT #7846 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
First, congratulations jengod!
Second, my first f2f encounter was with the buffistas, at an LAista dinner way back when ita first arrived in LA. At Jerry's Deli, I think. I mostly recall the live action version of the Kristen and Allyson show. And Alibelle's eating. And that Robin looked exactly like herself, even though I had never seen her before.
Third? Yes, msbelle, cheeky.
brenda m - May 17, 2006 12:43:48 pm PDT #7847 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
See that's what I would have said but then thought of what part of my face is waxed when I go to get a "lip" wax
That's just because they don't want to say "mustache wax" to a girl.
DavidS - May 17, 2006 12:44:35 pm PDT #7848 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Personally, I think Hec is on the monkey crack.
I am merely reporting common usage. "Upper lip" is the area above your lip but below your nose. Otherwise it is rare to note the toppermost of the two lips, except when describing a snarl or sneer.
Note: "The vertical depression in the center of the upper lip directly under the tip of the nose."
See? Philtrum is in the center of the upper lip. Not above the upper lip.
bon bon - May 17, 2006 12:49:58 pm PDT #7849 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I just noticed this vocabulary deficit last week! I was trying to show Bob someone on TV who had "lined her upper lip. I mean, above her upper lip. Over her lip! The lining is not on the lip!"
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 12:50:11 pm PDT #7850 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Upper lip" is the area above your lip
You see how wobbly that statement is, right?
it is rare to note the toppermost of the two lips, except when describing a snarl or sneer
How much more common is it to note the lowermost of said lips?
Sean K - May 17, 2006 12:50:31 pm PDT #7851 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Buffistas: the only place outside of professional dentistry communities where maxillo-facial nomenclature warrants in depth discussion.