[Ads-l] groin

Mark Mandel mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM
Sun Nov 11 14:16:46 UTC 2018


Well, whaddyaknow. According to Merriam-Webster online, it's

1 : the fold or depression marking the juncture of the lower abdomen and
the inner part of the thigh

*also* : the region of this line

(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groin)

And since we have two thighs, we also have two groins.

Mark Mandel


On Sat, Nov 10, 2018, 9:51 PM Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu wrote:

> According to two different ESPN commentators, a University of Georgia
> football player has had surgery on "both groins."  Doesn't that sound odd?
>

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