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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In craniometry, the most prominent point of the mental protuberance.
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- noun the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin
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hernesheir commented on the word pogonion
Chopping a pogonion makes the eyes water.
January 10, 2013
bilby commented on the word pogonion
Don't craniometric point at me, dude!
January 10, 2013
yarb commented on the word pogonion
Is that a mental protruberance in your pocket?
January 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word pogonion
Yikes. I just read "mental" as "metal." (I have had Phineas Gage on the brain, lately. Maybe that's why.)
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word pogonion
Why yes, it is a metal protruberance. A Schrade Uncle Henry pocket knife, of middling size. Now Uncle Henry belongs on another list I can think of.
January 11, 2013