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AIBU to now be embarrassed to use this in public?

32 replies

EnnieJuan · 27/01/2017 17:54

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?

AIBU to now be embarrassed to use this in public?
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Ilovecaindingle · 27/01/2017 17:56

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

PointlessUsername · 27/01/2017 17:56

Hahaha.

You learn something new everyday. Blush

Optimist1 · 27/01/2017 17:56

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

WellErrr · 27/01/2017 17:57

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

Shallishanti · 27/01/2017 17:57

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

BlankTVscreen · 27/01/2017 17:57

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Slightlyperturbedowlagain · 27/01/2017 17:58

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

Yukbuck · 27/01/2017 17:58

optimist it says labial not labia!

TheSpottedZebra · 27/01/2017 17:58

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 · 27/01/2017 17:58

🤣. 💋Or {{#}}

TheSecondOfHerName · 27/01/2017 17:58

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

roseshippy · 27/01/2017 17:58

Ooh, a Spanish language troll. Nice.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labio

TheSecondOfHerName · 27/01/2017 17:59

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

EnnieJuan · 27/01/2017 18:28

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

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CaoNiMa · 27/01/2017 18:46

Ain't nothing wrong with labia!

Hissy · 27/01/2017 18:52

Ooh... shh!

Don't tell her about philately....

Niggit · 27/01/2017 18:54

Don't tell her about philately....

That will get you everywhere...

Ineedmorelemonpledge · 27/01/2017 19:11

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

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

Butterymuffin · 27/01/2017 19:15

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 · 27/01/2017 19:25

Apply liberally, and smile.

BlankTVscreen · 27/01/2017 19:27

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Sybis · 27/01/2017 19:33

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

MumtoBelle · 27/01/2017 19:47

Niggit

I don't like your username

tarheelbaby · 27/01/2017 19:56

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 · 27/01/2017 20:02

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

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