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Elbow Skin, Who would think it was so funny?

Asked by majorrich (14741points) July 12th, 2013

I learned today that the skin on your elbow is called the Wenis! Why would anatomists (or whatever the name of the people who name body parts) use such a name that would leave the door wide open for bad jokes?

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Unbroken's avatar

Weird! I think my elbow skin is normal… I am hung up on the skin on the thumb side of my tricep. They has two parallel indents in them. Just slightly to outside but parallel to my elbow crease.

I seriously have spent hours of my life puzzling and bemoaning this feature. Can I rename that my wenis?

majorrich's avatar

I got a bad abrasion on my wenis from the Garage floor working on my car.

augustlan's avatar

I always did think ‘weenis’ was a funny word for it. I’m guessing it didn’t have the connotation it does now, back when it was first named that.

Blueroses's avatar

The Creator used the same skin to make elbows and the ball-sack. Now “wenis” doesn’t seem so far-fetched, does it?

majorrich's avatar

It would make sense if the namers of parts would call the nutsack ‘wenis’ because of the proximity, but Nooooo. They messed it all up and called it Scrotum, now it has an identity crisis. Poor little coin purse. On the other hand it has more names than elbow skin does. :)

ucme's avatar

As i’ve said before, it’s made from left over scrotum.

livelaughlove21's avatar

How did you miss that in school? I remember kids making weenis jokes back in elementary school.

zenvelo's avatar

It is, really, a slang term, not a medical or anatomical name for that patch of skin. It carries as much authority as using the term taint for your perineum.

majorrich's avatar

I went to a military school as a child and with a near puritanical home life not always in English. I had little exposure to fun words until I went to University. Apparently by then the novelty of the word must have worn off. This is related to I had never seen “pull my finger” until I was in my 40’s.

filmfann's avatar

It comes from the fact you cannot stick your own wenis in your mouth.

Unbroken's avatar

@zenvelo is right. The word for some seems to be linked to Onas, phonetically similar pronunciations at least, an Egyptian pharaoh.

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