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houseisland
April 16th, 2006, 01:04 PM
According to the fictional chararcter, Reg Smeeton, Rawlinson End's resident pub know-it-all in Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, "there is no proper name for the back of the knee."

Perhaps a campaign should be organized to decide upon a suitable name?

:p

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rgharper
April 16th, 2006, 04:27 PM
:devil: Let's call it ethoi!
Mags
April 16th, 2006, 04:44 PM
Er... right back ... centre back ... left back ... what about GOALIE ?!
Platypus
April 16th, 2006, 09:02 PM
In common terminology it's the ham.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ham

The adjective to describe the location is popliteal, but there doesn't seem to be a noun drawn from this for the location, probably because it's used up naming one of the muscles behind the knee, the popliteus.

Medically it can be called the popliteal fossa, but that's not one word...
street1
April 17th, 2006, 06:39 AM
Hinge -Hingepad-Lower rump-Midway-or patella-rump :p :wave:
El_Squid
April 17th, 2006, 12:00 PM
If we have the crook of an elbow, an armpit and a groin, why not the pleat of the knee? A nice friendly word! :)
shamus
April 17th, 2006, 05:45 PM
Why not eenk? :)
Platypus
April 17th, 2006, 05:58 PM
Why not eenk?

Yes, I like that!

Also, it could be the noise you make when you bend your knee backwards... :)
shamus
April 17th, 2006, 09:56 PM
Weird ....that was my 2,800 post...:)
Magic Marker
April 18th, 2006, 01:17 PM
Knee pit :rolleyes:
Platypus
April 18th, 2006, 05:44 PM
armpit
Knee pit
This topic is the pits. :) But logical...
houseisland
April 18th, 2006, 08:09 PM
This topic is the pits. :) But logical...


Well.... if we were being logical... following armpit and pit usage by strict analogy... a pit associated with the leg in general would be located in the crotch area and not at the back of the knee.

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Platypus
April 19th, 2006, 04:19 AM
if we were being logical... a pit associated with the leg in general

would be called a legpit, and then there would be the elbowpit... :)
Magic Marker
April 22nd, 2006, 01:26 AM
would be called a legpit, and then there would be the elbowpit... :)

I am ultra talented. I can make fart noises with my armpit AND my legpit :)
NooNoo
April 22nd, 2006, 02:10 AM
I am ultra talented. I can make fart noises with my armpit AND my legpit :)
Do you do parties? :grin:
Platypus
April 22nd, 2006, 03:59 AM
Do you do parties? :grin:

Clearing the last few that just won't go? :)
NooNoo
April 22nd, 2006, 06:02 PM
Clearing the last few that just won't go? :)
They hadn't arrived when I posted... but they are here now!