AIBU to now be embarrassed to use this in public?

[EnnieJuan]

I paid £2 for what I thought was a lip salve/chap stick as my face gets very dry in winter. It was only upon reading this that I now wonder if it has an alternative use- but not to be applied in public. Is it me, or do people use this product in ways I never knew exist?

[Ilovecaindingle]

Not sure but maybe not to be used at the train station?!

[PointlessUsername]

Hahaha.

You learn something new everyday.

[Optimist1]

Suggest you consult a dictionary to see the meaning of the word labia !

[WellErrr]

Labial just means 'of the lips' perhaps it's just a poor translation?

[Shallishanti]

did you get it in a discount store? I think it's a translation issue. Labia=lips.

[Slightlyperturbedowlagain]

I think it's just a translation thing, but I use a different brand outside the house

[Yukbuck]

optimist it says labial not labia!

[TheSpottedZebra]

Huh?

Labial means of the lips, technically. And other languages use the word for (all) lips.
But we mostly use labia specifically for vagimal/vulval lips.

Or was this a joke and I'm just a pedant?

[QODRestYeMerryGentlemen]

🤣. 💋Or {{#}}

[TheSecondOfHerName]

To be fair, 'labial' just means 'of the lips'.
It doesn't specify which lips though...

[roseshippy]

Ooh, a Spanish language troll. Nice.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labio

[TheSecondOfHerName]

Cross-posted with at least three people. I need to learn to type faster on my phone.

[EnnieJuan]

I bought it in Boots, Euston Station. Normally Boots stocks lots of similar lip salve products, but thinking back, this was on its own.

[CaoNiMa]

Ain't nothing wrong with labia!

[Hissy]

Ooh... shh!

Don't tell her about philately....

[Niggit]

Don't tell her about philately....

That will get you everywhere...

[Ineedmorelemonpledge]

It's on a lot of them, just means lips.

Like the company Labello, came from the same description really!

[Butterymuffin]

The kind of people who'd snigger at you at a train station won't understand 'labial' anyway (which, as others have pointed out, refers to lips and therefore in context clearly means the lips on your face!) I wouldn't let it bother you.

[Fuxfurforall]

Apply liberally, and smile.

[Sybis]

I can't work out if this thread is a joke or not?

[MumtoBelle]

Niggit

I don't like your username

[tarheelbaby]

My favorite brand of lip salve! It is expensive but works better than any other. Nivea is a poor second. It also has the nifty twisting mechanism at the top.

As others have pointed out labia is the Latin word for lips - that's oral lips around your mouth (stop tittering). Just as cervix is merely the Latin word for neck, as in the one attaching your head to your shoulders.

PS if you're reading this as a troll, it will all sound dodgy.

[MipMipMip]

My favourite lip salve - can only get it in a Tesco thats miles out of the way so rarely get it. You're lips (any! ) will feel lovely