A Word For That

Fi: "Papa, what's the dented skin between my nose and mouth called?"
Me: "Um, I don't know. Let's look it up online."

A Google search reveals that the dented skin between the nose and mouth is called the philtrum.

Me: "Why did you want know?"
Fi: "I heard the word in a song and wanted to look it up in my dictionary."
Me: "What song?"
Fi: "A Word For That."



A Word For That

There's a word for that but I don't seem to know it
Sometimes I grow a moustache just so I don't have to show it
The word for that that someone, somewhere chose
For that little dented skin between my upper lip and nose

There's a word for that what does it start with?
A word for that I'd sound so smart if I only knew
The word for that perhaps you do?

(The word you're looking for is philtrum.)

There's a word for that it may come to me soon
It dangles down in my mouth, and it's often in cartoons
The word for that it seems like such a drag
To not know what to call that little fleshy punching bag

There's a word for that what does it start with?
A word for that I'd sound so smart if I only knew
The word for that perhaps you do?

(Do you mean uvula?)

There's a word for that it's on the tip of my tongue
Well actually underneath it, and has been since I was young
The word for that although I wouldn't quote
It likely stops my tongue from disappearing down my throat

There's a word for that what does it start with?
A word for that I'd sound so smart if I only knew
The word for that perhaps you do?
What does it start with?
A word for that I'd sound so smart if I only knew
The word for that perhaps you do?

(Are you nuts? It's frenulum)

From "Snacktime!" by the Barenaked Ladies.