# Anyone want a slightly used uvula?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-slightly-used-uvula/448250>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 6, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-slightly-used-uvula/448250 "2008-05-06T03:30:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-slightly-used-uvula/448250/21 "2008-05-07T05:37:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Frylock]  
There used to be hundreds of people talking about their swollen uvulas [here](http://www.neillobrien.com/2005/01/08/swollen-uvula/) but now it’s gone! ☹

I remember one guy talking about how he awoke to discover there was a slug sitting in his mouth…

-FrL-  
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[Aha!](http://web.archive.org/web/20051228110732/http://www.neillobrien.com/2005/01/08/swollen-uvula/). It was archived.

-FrL-

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-slightly-used-uvula/448250/22 "2008-05-07T13:04:38Z")

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[QUOTE=matt\_mcl]  
It allows you to pronounce uvular consonants. I’m betting these no-uvula people are not going to be learning Kazakh, Inuktitut, Quechua, or Hmong anytime soon, to say nothing of French or Castilian Spanish.

Seriously, though, it helps to close off the nasopharynx when you swallow, so food doesn’t back up your nose.

Oh, and while we’re at it: [uvula piercing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvula_piercing). Gah.  
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There’s something I could have went to the grave not hearing about.

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-slightly-used-uvula/448250/23 "2008-05-07T14:05:46Z")

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Why yes, I´ll take it please! It´s the last part I´m needing for my reanimated monster.

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**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-slightly-used-uvula/448250/24 "2008-05-07T18:46:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Ale]  
Why yes, I´ll take it please! It´s the last part I´m needing for my reanimated monster.  
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The uvula or the piercing?

This thing **is** like a monster. The swelling went down after about a day, but it’s still about 2.5 times its original length, and flat. It feels like I have a partially-sucked-upon gummy bear waiting to be swallowed at the back of my mouth.

On the flip side, I can hock it up and lay it lengthwise down my tongue. If I can get it any longer, I think I can sell photos of it to an adult fetish website.

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