[Vocabulary] toe jam ?

[wotcha]

I've heard that you call some dirt in your toe nail 'toe jam'

Then do you say 'finger jam' too?

What do you call the dirt in your finger nails?

 

[SoothingDave]

"Toe jam" is more the stuff that accumulates between your toes.

No, there is no such thing as "finger jam."

 

[emsr2d2]

"Toe jam" is new to this BrE speaker. As far as the latter question is concerned, in BrE it's "fingernail dirt".

 

[wotcha]

Oh I see!

Than can I just call 'nail dirt' for some dirt in your nails?

 

[emsr2d2]

Oh I see!

Than can I just call 'nail dirt' for some dirt in your nails?

You can but you might be asked whether you're talking about toenails or fingernails.

 

[5jj]

I don't know what you are talking about.

I wash.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Toe jam" is new to this BrE speaker. As far as the latter question is concerned, in BrE it's "fingernail dirt".

THE BEATLES lyrics - Come Together

John Lennon sang about it a long time ago.

 

[probus]

About finger jam, I agree. But about toe jam, what do you mean? Are you talking about USC?

If not, please elaborate. My father dropped some dark hints about toe jam that he never explained :-|