# What is an Adam's apple?

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**Created:** [November 1, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-adams-apple/272417 "2004-11-01T21:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![me\_paso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@me\_paso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_paso)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-adams-apple/272417/1 "2004-11-01T21:58:27Z")

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Why do men have an Adam’s apple? Is it the enlarged larynx when your voice gets deeper?

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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-adams-apple/272417/2 "2004-11-01T22:09:19Z")

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> [@me paso](#):
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> Why do men have an Adam’s apple? Is it the enlarged larynx when your voice gets deeper?

Yes- that’s it.

Women have them too, but men’s are more pronounced.

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**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-adams-apple/272417/3 "2004-11-02T02:47:06Z")

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So named because of the idea that is a remnant of the original forbidden fruit stuck in Adam’s throat. That would be Adam of Adam & Eve fame.

I love etymology.