this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
145 points (94.5% liked)

Asklemmy

47018 readers
1354 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Is there a (non-medical) word for the border/skin fold between butt and thigh?

I have a feeling there is one.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 224 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Gluteal fold

Edit: maybe outer-gluteal cleft if you wanted to be cute about it

[โ€“] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We need to make this @cheese_greater@lemmy.world's top comment of all time.

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I, too, once long before OP was but a twinkle in his Father's eye, wondered this same thing

Also took Anatomy/Sports physiology class. But who's counting?

[โ€“] Gladaed@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago

This sounds like a medical term though

[โ€“] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago

Yes, this seems to be the correct one. ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As opposed to the gluteal fissure, which is the ass crack.

[โ€“] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Here I thought that was the cleftal horizon.