The other day, I was reading about a king crab whose spines/tubercles (depending on life cycle) each bore a halo of setae. I want to meet the prescriptivist who says it's strictly referential to light and throw a deep-sea benthic crustacean at them.
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My pet peeve is 'nape of the neck' and 'sole of the foot'
There's no other body part that has a nape or a sole, but we still keep using those phrases.
Things thay can have nape: Helmets — the back portion covering the neck area Chairs — the upper backrest where your neck rests Clothing — the back collar area (like where a tag sits on a shirt or jacket) Armor — the rear neck guard portion
Things that can have sole: Shoes (shoe sole) Socks (sometimes referred to as having a sole area) Hooves of animals (bottom part can be called a sole) Paws of animals (the underside pads are sometimes called the sole) Gloves (palm/underside of some work gloves called “sole” area) Ironing boards (bottom contact side sometimes called soleplate) Irons (the metal heating surface = soleplate) Some tools (e.g., woodworking plane has a “sole” = its flat bottom)
There’s no other body part that has a nape or a sole, but we still keep using those phrases.