Caruncle has many meanings, nearly all of them as ugly as the word itself. Even protuberance is rather distasteful-sounding.
From Word.A.Day: "From Latin caruncula (small piece of flesh), diminutive of caro (flesh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut) that is also the source of skirt, curt, screw, shard, shears, carnage, carnivorous, carnation, sharp, and scrape."
Blecch. But I love protuberance! I've even added it to my favorites. :-)
Caruncle has many meanings, nearly all of them as ugly as the word itself. Even protuberance is rather distasteful-sounding.
From Word.A.Day: "From Latin caruncula (small piece of flesh), diminutive of caro (flesh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut) that is also the source of skirt, curt, screw, shard, shears, carnage, carnivorous, carnation, sharp, and scrape."
It just gets worser and worser... :)
Skipvia, Google thinks you want information on cystic mesothelioma and other cancerous horrors. Can't a guy just post about a protuberance?
See snood.