“Stub” is a verb that in the English language only appears to apply to one very particular and very precise part of the human body. I cannot think of any other ... more
“Stub” is a verb that in the English language only appears to apply to one very particular and very precise part of the human body. I cannot think of any other references in English where it comes into play as a verb. We don’t say, “I stubbed my elbow, or chin, or finger, or knee”. More than that, the concept of stubbing one’s toe, and/or the phrase, “I stubbed my toe” is so deeply ingrained into our shared vernacular that even though we sometimes express it in other ways, such as, “I banged my toe” or “I smashed my toe”, the stub is more common. Two questions:1. What other verb is used expressly for talking about only one particular human body part the way this one is for a toe?2. Prove me wrong. Can you think of other commonly-known uses of the verb “stub” in relation to human body parts?~ less
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My grandmother used it all the time, and I heard it in the old movies that came out when she was young. My grandmother was born in the 1920s in a tiny town of 900 people in Oklahoma and due to migrant farming, grew up in various places all over the country.
I‘m not sure if she only used the word in jest, or if she used it as her legitimate and appropriate way to talk about food (she passed away in 1989). I do remember that she used a lot of words that I understood to be from her country upbringing or Southern upbringing, for instance, she never once used the word “faucet”, she always, always, always said “hydrant”. Lol, I remember being five years old and when we went to her house, she would offer us a drink of water, and she’d as... less
