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We all know the various slang words for bottoms, boobs and genitalia. Those are well covered here already. This question relates to slang words for the other parts of the body.

What common slang words do we have for body parts (aside from the "good bits" mentioned above). For example: "noggin" for your head. Alternatively, "peepers" for your eyes (though urban dictionary says this can also mean breasts).

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@Orbit: Thank you for the question but this is way too broad. Is there a specific problem you are trying to solve? Otherwise, all we have here is a list of terms for a category of words from a thesaurus or urban dictionary? That's not really the best way to get information from this type of Q&A. "How many words can you name for..." is not really what this site is about. If you have a specific problem you are trying to solve, please feel free to try again. – Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 5 '11 at 1:29
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@RobertCartaino: I do believe we have other, similarly broad community wiki questions, like the one asking for words that are commonly mispronounced by educated speakers, and many others. The latter question got huge amounts of votes, as did its answers, and frankly I liked it too. I'm not so sure the current question is any different from the other community wiki lists we have. – Cerberus Apr 5 '11 at 3:42

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  • Hands has: paw, mitt, duke, hook, meathook.
  • Feet: tootsies, dogs, boats, trotters.
  • Head: nut, noodle, dome, noggin
  • Brain: gray matter, smarts
  • For eyes, in addition to peepers, I'll go with baby blues
  • Belly: tummy, tum, breadbasket, gut, guts, insides, pot, potbelly, beer belly, spare tire.
  • Bottom: cheeks, behind, butt, booty, fanny, keister, tush, tail, buns, caboose, duff, heinie, ass, fundament, posterior, sit-upon, stern, bum, arse.
  • Teeth: choppers.
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Isn't your noodle your brain? And your tootsies your toes? – MrHen Apr 4 '11 at 21:16
@MrHen: NOAD has “noodle: a person's head” – F'x Apr 4 '11 at 21:17
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Odd. I feel safe in declaring that "noodle=brain" makes a lot more sense than "noodle=head". – MrHen Apr 4 '11 at 21:30
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I found these entries:

  • Armor: body;
  • Cum deflectors: Eyeglasses (not really a body part but...);
  • Grill: teeth/mouth/mouth jewelry;
  • Blower: also mouth;
  • Afro: any large hair style;
  • Dome: head and - be careful - this can also be fellatio;
  • Clickers: a full set of dentures;
  • Gam: leg;
  • Cuts: muscles;
  • Outie: a navel that bugles outward, opposed to innie;
  • Banus: perineum [Etymology: this term is a contraction of "balls" (testicles) and "anus."] - The Perineum is the zone between those two parts;
  • Dunlop: a large stomach.
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A dunlop? For some reason that one prompted me to respond. Never heard that one. – Mr. Shickadance Apr 4 '11 at 23:14
Perhaps "Dunlop" as in spare tire. – ChrisO Apr 5 '11 at 0:16
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A contraction of "balls" and "anus" sounds particularly painful. – Robusto Apr 5 '11 at 1:28
A Dunlop is a spare tire -- and it done lop over your belt. – Malvolio May 31 '11 at 17:31
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The perineum is so commonly called the "taint" nowadays that the first word is almost lost. Seriously, a friend of mine asked me if there was a non-slang word for taint. I couldn't help myself, I answered, "In the male, it's called the 'perineum'; in the female, of course, it's called the 'chin rest'." True story. – Malvolio May 31 '11 at 17:32
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