ucipital mapilary
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pseudo-Latinate/medical-sounding term invented for the 1941 film Suspicion,[1] and popularized by the 1995 film Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Compare similar sounding words like occipital.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juˈsɪpɪtəl məˈpɪləɹi/
Noun
[edit]ucipital mapilary (uncountable)
- (uncommon, chiefly fantasy) The suprasternal notch, the visible dip in the human neck between the clavicles.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ucipital mapilary.
References
[edit]- ^ Mark Glancy, Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend (2020), page 223