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the body's lie detector for furniture, screaming the instant darkness hides a coffee table
means The bony front edge of the lower leg, running from knee to ankle, with almost no padding to soften a blow.
from From Old English 'scinu,' meaning the shin or shank, with relatives across the old Germanic tongues — Dutch 'scheen' and German 'Schiene' (which now also means a splint or rail). The deeper sense seems to point at something thin and flat, a strip of bone laid bare just under the skin — which is precisely why the coffee table always wins.
- no padding
- Bone sits right under skin, zero protective cushion
- name origin
- From Old English meaning thin or slender
- strike art
- Muay Thai fighters condition shins into bone bats
- tibia truth
- Shinbone is the body's second-longest bone
shin splints — inflammation of the tibia affecting runners, accounts for 15% of running injuries
shin guard — protective equipment worn in soccer, hockey, and martial arts since the 1990s
shin bone — the tibia, the larger bone in the lower leg connecting knee to ankle