ucipital mapilary

English

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinate/medical-sounding term invented for the 1941 film Suspicion,^[1] and popularized by the 1995 film Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Compare similar sounding words like occipital.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /juˈsɪpɪtəl məˈpɪləɹi/

Noun

ucipital mapilary (uncountable)

(uncommon, chiefly fantasy) The suprasternal notch, the visible dip in the human neck between the clavicles.
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References

^ Mark Glancy, Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend (2020), page 223

[1] Mark Glancy, Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend (2020), page 223

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