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the soft border patrol between your thoughts and the consequences of saying them
means Either of the two fleshy folds that form the edges of the mouth — or, by extension, the rim or edge of something like a cup or a wound, and informally, cheeky backtalk.
from An old Germanic body-word, traceable to Old English 'lippa' and kin to Dutch 'lip' and German 'Lippe.' Linguists trace it back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to lick' or 'to smear,' a cousin of Latin 'labium' (lip) — so the word for the edge of your mouth and the word for what your mouth does to a spoon may share deep roots. The slangy sense of 'giving lip' (cheek, sass) is much later, naming the body part for the talk that comes out of it.
- no oil
- Lips lack oil glands, so they chap fast
- thin skin
- Their few cell layers make blood show through red
- hypersensitive
- Packed with more nerve endings than fingertips
- read them
- Speech is partly seen, not just heard
- unique print
- Lip prints are distinct, like fingerprints
kylie lip kit — kylie cosmetics' signature product line that generated $600m+ in revenue by 2018
lip reading at gallaudet — deaf communication method taught at gallaudet university since its founding in 1864
herpes labialis — cold sores caused by hsv-1 affecting approximately 67% of global population