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Is there a term for accumulated dirt on the outside of your hands and feet?


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As I sat in the steam room after half-killing myself at the gym earlier today, contemplating the meaning of life, I noticed that a certain amount of dirt had accumulated on the lateral sides of my – by that point rather pruny and wrinkly – hands, requiring a bit of scrubbing in the shower to become properly clean again.



I suddenly remembered always being told off as a kid by my parents and teachers and other such boring people for not scrubbing the sides of my hands properly, allowing for dirt to cake up there, even if the rest of the hand was clean enough; and similarly for the feet, where it typically builds up on the lateral side of the hindfoot, between the lower end of the fibula and the cuboid bone.



Into my mind popped the Danish word gravrust (referring literally to the type of corrosion called ‘pitting’ in English), which is used metaphorically for this specific type of dirt on the outside of the hands and feet that builds up over time if you’re not careful to scrub the sides properly when washing.1



I don’t think I’ve heard this word since my days as a kid when boring adults were forever telling me to scrub it off, but I seem to recall it being used fairly often back then (rather more often that I would have liked, because it usually meant I had to go and wash my hands again).



It occurred to me that I don’t know of an English term for this kind of stubborn dirt, most commonly seen on kids who enjoy wreaking havoc in the garden rather more than scrubbing their hands to remove what’s left of said garden afterwards. Since such a preference is not unusual in children, I’m guessing the condition is well-known to most parents in English-speaking countries as well… but after about five minutes of battling with Google, I am no wiser as to what they call it. I can’t find anyone mentioning it in any terms that I can think of to Google for.



There are of course any number of general terms for dirty children (grimy, grubby for the kids themselves; crud, muck, smut for the dirt), but they’re all quite general – they just refer to dirt on the body in general and don’t carry the connotation of being resistant to casual washing. Gravrust, conversely, refers to dirt which is in a position that tends to be missed when washing your hands or feet (the lateral edges), and therefore tends to build up more easily, to the point that vigorous scrubbing is required to get rid of it.



Is there a specific word or expression for this in English, beyond descriptive phrases like caked dirt on the sides of your hands?



Note: Dialectal and regional terms are welcome. The Danish word is quite colloquial and, as mentioned, somewhat limited in scope, and it’s fine if any English equivalent is too.



 




1 A quick dictionary and Google search reveals that it can be used for caked dirt elsewhere as well, but I’ve only ever heard it used to refer to the stuff that builds up on the lateral sides of hands and feet.










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  • Not to be confused with the hind foot.

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  • @TRomano Anatomically, one might say it’s the hindfoot of the hind foot.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
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  • I'm wondering if this is truly dirt picked up from the environment, or dead skin that accumulates during the gym activity because the friction loosens the dead cells? My feet can look clean, but when I wash them a noticeable layer of dead skin can be wiped away from the sides near the heel.

    – CJ Dennis
    2 days ago











  • @CJDennis On me this morning, it was probably a mixture (gym friction + sweat to pick up dirt + steam room to soften and re-loosen the skin to make it more noticeable). There’s probably a good deal of dead skin cells involved in children’s gravrust as well. But the stuff you mention that scrubs off near the heels is exactly what I’m talking about – if you leave it for a couple of days it becomes exactly what gravrust is.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
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    A comment as it's a non-answer: I don't think there's anything specific to the location. "Stubborn dirt" is one relevant phrase used in British English

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As I sat in the steam room after half-killing myself at the gym earlier today, contemplating the meaning of life, I noticed that a certain amount of dirt had accumulated on the lateral sides of my – by that point rather pruny and wrinkly – hands, requiring a bit of scrubbing in the shower to become properly clean again.



I suddenly remembered always being told off as a kid by my parents and teachers and other such boring people for not scrubbing the sides of my hands properly, allowing for dirt to cake up there, even if the rest of the hand was clean enough; and similarly for the feet, where it typically builds up on the lateral side of the hindfoot, between the lower end of the fibula and the cuboid bone.



Into my mind popped the Danish word gravrust (referring literally to the type of corrosion called ‘pitting’ in English), which is used metaphorically for this specific type of dirt on the outside of the hands and feet that builds up over time if you’re not careful to scrub the sides properly when washing.1



I don’t think I’ve heard this word since my days as a kid when boring adults were forever telling me to scrub it off, but I seem to recall it being used fairly often back then (rather more often that I would have liked, because it usually meant I had to go and wash my hands again).



It occurred to me that I don’t know of an English term for this kind of stubborn dirt, most commonly seen on kids who enjoy wreaking havoc in the garden rather more than scrubbing their hands to remove what’s left of said garden afterwards. Since such a preference is not unusual in children, I’m guessing the condition is well-known to most parents in English-speaking countries as well… but after about five minutes of battling with Google, I am no wiser as to what they call it. I can’t find anyone mentioning it in any terms that I can think of to Google for.



There are of course any number of general terms for dirty children (grimy, grubby for the kids themselves; crud, muck, smut for the dirt), but they’re all quite general – they just refer to dirt on the body in general and don’t carry the connotation of being resistant to casual washing. Gravrust, conversely, refers to dirt which is in a position that tends to be missed when washing your hands or feet (the lateral edges), and therefore tends to build up more easily, to the point that vigorous scrubbing is required to get rid of it.



Is there a specific word or expression for this in English, beyond descriptive phrases like caked dirt on the sides of your hands?



Note: Dialectal and regional terms are welcome. The Danish word is quite colloquial and, as mentioned, somewhat limited in scope, and it’s fine if any English equivalent is too.



 




1 A quick dictionary and Google search reveals that it can be used for caked dirt elsewhere as well, but I’ve only ever heard it used to refer to the stuff that builds up on the lateral sides of hands and feet.










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  • Not to be confused with the hind foot.

    – TRomano
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  • @TRomano Anatomically, one might say it’s the hindfoot of the hind foot.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
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  • I'm wondering if this is truly dirt picked up from the environment, or dead skin that accumulates during the gym activity because the friction loosens the dead cells? My feet can look clean, but when I wash them a noticeable layer of dead skin can be wiped away from the sides near the heel.

    – CJ Dennis
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  • @CJDennis On me this morning, it was probably a mixture (gym friction + sweat to pick up dirt + steam room to soften and re-loosen the skin to make it more noticeable). There’s probably a good deal of dead skin cells involved in children’s gravrust as well. But the stuff you mention that scrubs off near the heels is exactly what I’m talking about – if you leave it for a couple of days it becomes exactly what gravrust is.

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    A comment as it's a non-answer: I don't think there's anything specific to the location. "Stubborn dirt" is one relevant phrase used in British English

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As I sat in the steam room after half-killing myself at the gym earlier today, contemplating the meaning of life, I noticed that a certain amount of dirt had accumulated on the lateral sides of my – by that point rather pruny and wrinkly – hands, requiring a bit of scrubbing in the shower to become properly clean again.



I suddenly remembered always being told off as a kid by my parents and teachers and other such boring people for not scrubbing the sides of my hands properly, allowing for dirt to cake up there, even if the rest of the hand was clean enough; and similarly for the feet, where it typically builds up on the lateral side of the hindfoot, between the lower end of the fibula and the cuboid bone.



Into my mind popped the Danish word gravrust (referring literally to the type of corrosion called ‘pitting’ in English), which is used metaphorically for this specific type of dirt on the outside of the hands and feet that builds up over time if you’re not careful to scrub the sides properly when washing.1



I don’t think I’ve heard this word since my days as a kid when boring adults were forever telling me to scrub it off, but I seem to recall it being used fairly often back then (rather more often that I would have liked, because it usually meant I had to go and wash my hands again).



It occurred to me that I don’t know of an English term for this kind of stubborn dirt, most commonly seen on kids who enjoy wreaking havoc in the garden rather more than scrubbing their hands to remove what’s left of said garden afterwards. Since such a preference is not unusual in children, I’m guessing the condition is well-known to most parents in English-speaking countries as well… but after about five minutes of battling with Google, I am no wiser as to what they call it. I can’t find anyone mentioning it in any terms that I can think of to Google for.



There are of course any number of general terms for dirty children (grimy, grubby for the kids themselves; crud, muck, smut for the dirt), but they’re all quite general – they just refer to dirt on the body in general and don’t carry the connotation of being resistant to casual washing. Gravrust, conversely, refers to dirt which is in a position that tends to be missed when washing your hands or feet (the lateral edges), and therefore tends to build up more easily, to the point that vigorous scrubbing is required to get rid of it.



Is there a specific word or expression for this in English, beyond descriptive phrases like caked dirt on the sides of your hands?



Note: Dialectal and regional terms are welcome. The Danish word is quite colloquial and, as mentioned, somewhat limited in scope, and it’s fine if any English equivalent is too.



 




1 A quick dictionary and Google search reveals that it can be used for caked dirt elsewhere as well, but I’ve only ever heard it used to refer to the stuff that builds up on the lateral sides of hands and feet.










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As I sat in the steam room after half-killing myself at the gym earlier today, contemplating the meaning of life, I noticed that a certain amount of dirt had accumulated on the lateral sides of my – by that point rather pruny and wrinkly – hands, requiring a bit of scrubbing in the shower to become properly clean again.



I suddenly remembered always being told off as a kid by my parents and teachers and other such boring people for not scrubbing the sides of my hands properly, allowing for dirt to cake up there, even if the rest of the hand was clean enough; and similarly for the feet, where it typically builds up on the lateral side of the hindfoot, between the lower end of the fibula and the cuboid bone.



Into my mind popped the Danish word gravrust (referring literally to the type of corrosion called ‘pitting’ in English), which is used metaphorically for this specific type of dirt on the outside of the hands and feet that builds up over time if you’re not careful to scrub the sides properly when washing.1



I don’t think I’ve heard this word since my days as a kid when boring adults were forever telling me to scrub it off, but I seem to recall it being used fairly often back then (rather more often that I would have liked, because it usually meant I had to go and wash my hands again).



It occurred to me that I don’t know of an English term for this kind of stubborn dirt, most commonly seen on kids who enjoy wreaking havoc in the garden rather more than scrubbing their hands to remove what’s left of said garden afterwards. Since such a preference is not unusual in children, I’m guessing the condition is well-known to most parents in English-speaking countries as well… but after about five minutes of battling with Google, I am no wiser as to what they call it. I can’t find anyone mentioning it in any terms that I can think of to Google for.



There are of course any number of general terms for dirty children (grimy, grubby for the kids themselves; crud, muck, smut for the dirt), but they’re all quite general – they just refer to dirt on the body in general and don’t carry the connotation of being resistant to casual washing. Gravrust, conversely, refers to dirt which is in a position that tends to be missed when washing your hands or feet (the lateral edges), and therefore tends to build up more easily, to the point that vigorous scrubbing is required to get rid of it.



Is there a specific word or expression for this in English, beyond descriptive phrases like caked dirt on the sides of your hands?



Note: Dialectal and regional terms are welcome. The Danish word is quite colloquial and, as mentioned, somewhat limited in scope, and it’s fine if any English equivalent is too.



 




1 A quick dictionary and Google search reveals that it can be used for caked dirt elsewhere as well, but I’ve only ever heard it used to refer to the stuff that builds up on the lateral sides of hands and feet.







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  • Not to be confused with the hind foot.

    – TRomano
    2 days ago











  • @TRomano Anatomically, one might say it’s the hindfoot of the hind foot.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
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  • I'm wondering if this is truly dirt picked up from the environment, or dead skin that accumulates during the gym activity because the friction loosens the dead cells? My feet can look clean, but when I wash them a noticeable layer of dead skin can be wiped away from the sides near the heel.

    – CJ Dennis
    2 days ago











  • @CJDennis On me this morning, it was probably a mixture (gym friction + sweat to pick up dirt + steam room to soften and re-loosen the skin to make it more noticeable). There’s probably a good deal of dead skin cells involved in children’s gravrust as well. But the stuff you mention that scrubs off near the heels is exactly what I’m talking about – if you leave it for a couple of days it becomes exactly what gravrust is.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago






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    A comment as it's a non-answer: I don't think there's anything specific to the location. "Stubborn dirt" is one relevant phrase used in British English

    – Chris H
    yesterday

















  • Not to be confused with the hind foot.

    – TRomano
    2 days ago











  • @TRomano Anatomically, one might say it’s the hindfoot of the hind foot.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago











  • I'm wondering if this is truly dirt picked up from the environment, or dead skin that accumulates during the gym activity because the friction loosens the dead cells? My feet can look clean, but when I wash them a noticeable layer of dead skin can be wiped away from the sides near the heel.

    – CJ Dennis
    2 days ago











  • @CJDennis On me this morning, it was probably a mixture (gym friction + sweat to pick up dirt + steam room to soften and re-loosen the skin to make it more noticeable). There’s probably a good deal of dead skin cells involved in children’s gravrust as well. But the stuff you mention that scrubs off near the heels is exactly what I’m talking about – if you leave it for a couple of days it becomes exactly what gravrust is.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago






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    A comment as it's a non-answer: I don't think there's anything specific to the location. "Stubborn dirt" is one relevant phrase used in British English

    – Chris H
    yesterday
















Not to be confused with the hind foot.

– TRomano
2 days ago





Not to be confused with the hind foot.

– TRomano
2 days ago













@TRomano Anatomically, one might say it’s the hindfoot of the hind foot.

– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 days ago





@TRomano Anatomically, one might say it’s the hindfoot of the hind foot.

– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 days ago













I'm wondering if this is truly dirt picked up from the environment, or dead skin that accumulates during the gym activity because the friction loosens the dead cells? My feet can look clean, but when I wash them a noticeable layer of dead skin can be wiped away from the sides near the heel.

– CJ Dennis
2 days ago





I'm wondering if this is truly dirt picked up from the environment, or dead skin that accumulates during the gym activity because the friction loosens the dead cells? My feet can look clean, but when I wash them a noticeable layer of dead skin can be wiped away from the sides near the heel.

– CJ Dennis
2 days ago













@CJDennis On me this morning, it was probably a mixture (gym friction + sweat to pick up dirt + steam room to soften and re-loosen the skin to make it more noticeable). There’s probably a good deal of dead skin cells involved in children’s gravrust as well. But the stuff you mention that scrubs off near the heels is exactly what I’m talking about – if you leave it for a couple of days it becomes exactly what gravrust is.

– Janus Bahs Jacquet
2 days ago





@CJDennis On me this morning, it was probably a mixture (gym friction + sweat to pick up dirt + steam room to soften and re-loosen the skin to make it more noticeable). There’s probably a good deal of dead skin cells involved in children’s gravrust as well. But the stuff you mention that scrubs off near the heels is exactly what I’m talking about – if you leave it for a couple of days it becomes exactly what gravrust is.

– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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The Cambridge Dictionary has the word




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a layer of dirt on skin or on a building:




This is typically used to mean ingrained dirt such as you describe, not fresh dirt, and does not easily wash off.






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    This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

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  • Another word is "grunge".

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  • I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

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    @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

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    @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

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Children who have been playing in mud or dirt are usually accused of having grubby hands and/or feet. However this doesn't just refer to the sides of said extremities.



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  • Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

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  • I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

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This is sometimes called deep dirt in the body-cleansing biz.




... water ... and a good exfoliating soap ... an acid wash for deep dirt.







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    @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

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    @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

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  • OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

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  • +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

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  • @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

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crud comes to mind.




a substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.




In my mind this has connotations to 'bodily muck' -- moreover, ODO gives the example:




Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud.




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If you're looking for a more long-term phrase, there's always build-up you could add.

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  • I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

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  • Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

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  • @vectory Indeed.

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  • @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

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Schmutz - Yiddish
Dirt, crud, grime that can be rubbed off our skin.






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    That's not the usual definition. It's any kind of grime. But it certainly a good suggestion for the OP.

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accumulated dirt = encrusted.



Specifically, on the lateral sides of your fingers? That's going to need some creative writing.



"His palms were seemingly clean because he had been working out all day, but were however otherwise encrusted with filth."






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I simply have no concept of this gravrust that you describe so well. It seems from the other answers that nobody else does either! Except, presumably, your fellow Danes. We non-Danes can't imagine why dirt would collect on the sides of our hands and feet like this. It seems unlikely that there is a genetic element involved.



This may be an example of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in action: we have no word for it, therefore it doesn't exist in our minds. Here is an apposite extract from the linked PowerPoint presentation:




In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that there are certain thoughts of an individual in one language that cannot be understood by those who live in another language.




In other words, we are baffled by your gravrust because of the limitations of our language.



Another explanation is possible: that it doesn't exist in our minds, therefore we have no word for it. I don't know what this hypothesis is called; if it were up to me, it would be the Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis.






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    The Cambridge Dictionary has the word




    grime



    noun



    a layer of dirt on skin or on a building:




    This is typically used to mean ingrained dirt such as you describe, not fresh dirt, and does not easily wash off.






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    • 3





      This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Another word is "grunge".

      – Weather Vane
      2 days ago











    • I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

      – Daniel B
      2 days ago






    • 1





      @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

      – person27
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

      – Ben
      2 days ago















    18














    The Cambridge Dictionary has the word




    grime



    noun



    a layer of dirt on skin or on a building:




    This is typically used to mean ingrained dirt such as you describe, not fresh dirt, and does not easily wash off.






    share|improve this answer


















    • 3





      This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Another word is "grunge".

      – Weather Vane
      2 days ago











    • I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

      – Daniel B
      2 days ago






    • 1





      @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

      – person27
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

      – Ben
      2 days ago













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    18








    18







    The Cambridge Dictionary has the word




    grime



    noun



    a layer of dirt on skin or on a building:




    This is typically used to mean ingrained dirt such as you describe, not fresh dirt, and does not easily wash off.






    share|improve this answer













    The Cambridge Dictionary has the word




    grime



    noun



    a layer of dirt on skin or on a building:




    This is typically used to mean ingrained dirt such as you describe, not fresh dirt, and does not easily wash off.







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    answered 2 days ago









    Weather VaneWeather Vane

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    • 3





      This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Another word is "grunge".

      – Weather Vane
      2 days ago











    • I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

      – Daniel B
      2 days ago






    • 1





      @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

      – person27
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

      – Ben
      2 days ago












    • 3





      This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Another word is "grunge".

      – Weather Vane
      2 days ago











    • I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

      – Daniel B
      2 days ago






    • 1





      @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

      – person27
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

      – Ben
      2 days ago







    3




    3





    This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago





    This is probably the best so far, since the ‘ingrained’ connotations are strongest here; but it still falls short in that it’s completely indifferent to location – so much that my initial mental image for the word is buildings and walls, rather than people.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago













    Another word is "grunge".

    – Weather Vane
    2 days ago





    Another word is "grunge".

    – Weather Vane
    2 days ago













    I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

    – Daniel B
    2 days ago





    I have literally never experienced this phenomenon.

    – Daniel B
    2 days ago




    1




    1





    @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

    – person27
    2 days ago






    @DanielB People with access to hygiene don't usually get easily-noticeable grime lasting more than a few hours, or a workday. Examples could be: tree pitch, clay, iron-rich dirt, mud left to dry.

    – person27
    2 days ago





    2




    2





    @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

    – Ben
    2 days ago





    @JanusBahsJacquet as a native brit I have never thought of the sides of the hands and feet as a particular place that dirt builds up - so I think you might struggle to find a word that is specific to those places. However if dirt did build up there it would almost certainly be ingrained grime.

    – Ben
    2 days ago













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    Children who have been playing in mud or dirt are usually accused of having grubby hands and/or feet. However this doesn't just refer to the sides of said extremities.



    Picture showing grubby hands.



    enter image description here






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    • Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

      – chasly from UK
      2 days ago















    7














    Children who have been playing in mud or dirt are usually accused of having grubby hands and/or feet. However this doesn't just refer to the sides of said extremities.



    Picture showing grubby hands.



    enter image description here






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    • Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

      – chasly from UK
      2 days ago













    7












    7








    7







    Children who have been playing in mud or dirt are usually accused of having grubby hands and/or feet. However this doesn't just refer to the sides of said extremities.



    Picture showing grubby hands.



    enter image description here






    share|improve this answer













    Children who have been playing in mud or dirt are usually accused of having grubby hands and/or feet. However this doesn't just refer to the sides of said extremities.



    Picture showing grubby hands.



    enter image description here







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    answered 2 days ago









    chasly from UKchasly from UK

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    • Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

      – chasly from UK
      2 days ago

















    • Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

      – chasly from UK
      2 days ago
















    Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago





    Yes, I did think of that, but as you say, it describes the hands as a whole and is generally quite easily washed off – the stuff I’m talking about on the sides is the stuff that tends to get missed in regular hand-washing and thus builds up until it requires actual scrubbing to get rid of.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago













    I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

    – chasly from UK
    2 days ago





    I can think of various approximations, e.g. "grime" and "grimy".

    – chasly from UK
    2 days ago











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    This is sometimes called deep dirt in the body-cleansing biz.




    ... water ... and a good exfoliating soap ... an acid wash for deep dirt.







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      @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago







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      @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago












    • OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

      – TRomano
      2 days ago
















    5














    This is sometimes called deep dirt in the body-cleansing biz.




    ... water ... and a good exfoliating soap ... an acid wash for deep dirt.







    share|improve this answer




















    • 2





      @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago












    • OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

      – TRomano
      2 days ago














    5












    5








    5







    This is sometimes called deep dirt in the body-cleansing biz.




    ... water ... and a good exfoliating soap ... an acid wash for deep dirt.







    share|improve this answer















    This is sometimes called deep dirt in the body-cleansing biz.




    ... water ... and a good exfoliating soap ... an acid wash for deep dirt.








    share|improve this answer














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    edited 2 days ago

























    answered 2 days ago









    TRomanoTRomano

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    • 2





      @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago












    • OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

      – TRomano
      2 days ago













    • 2





      @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago







    • 2





      @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

      – TRomano
      2 days ago












    • OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

      – TRomano
      2 days ago








    2




    2





    @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

    – TRomano
    2 days ago






    @Lordology: It refers to the dirt that collects in calluses, not to the calluses themselves. If you'll read a little closer, it says deep dirt in calluses If you're going to reject an answer, support your claims. Your beliefs are not relevant.

    – TRomano
    2 days ago





    2




    2





    @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

    – TRomano
    2 days ago






    @Lordology: That you cannot find it is of little consequence. Not everything can be found on the internet. In American commercial culture relating to cleanliness, of the house, of clothes, and of the body, the phrase deep dirt has been around since at least the mid 20th century. It is used of the dirt that gets ground into linoleum floor covering, into children's clothing, and most recently of dirt that settles deep in the pores of the skin and in calluses. It is a phrase that has been adapted to the body from those domains much like OP's gravrust has.

    – TRomano
    2 days ago














    OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

    – Lordology
    2 days ago





    OK. I am not as familiar with American culture anyway!

    – Lordology
    2 days ago













    +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago





    +1. I’ve never heard of this before, but it looks like it comes pretty close what gravrust actually is, though it seems to be technical rather than colloquial (and also to be based on slightly different criteria). It probably wouldn’t be a good translation of the Danish word in context (from what I’ve read so far, a parent would be unlikely to say, “Go back and wash ’em again, you’ve still got deep dirt on the sides there!” to their children), but it is at least a word that describes something very close to the same thing, objectively speaking.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago













    @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

    – TRomano
    2 days ago






    @JanusBahsJacquet But the parent could say "Make sure you scrub well to get the deep dirt."

    – TRomano
    2 days ago












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    crud comes to mind.




    a substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.




    In my mind this has connotations to 'bodily muck' -- moreover, ODO gives the example:




    Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud.




    Oxford Dictionaries.



    If you're looking for a more long-term phrase, there's always build-up you could add.

    See the title of this document.






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    • I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

      – vectory
      2 days ago











    • @vectory Indeed.

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago















    2














    crud comes to mind.




    a substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.




    In my mind this has connotations to 'bodily muck' -- moreover, ODO gives the example:




    Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud.




    Oxford Dictionaries.



    If you're looking for a more long-term phrase, there's always build-up you could add.

    See the title of this document.






    share|improve this answer























    • I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

      – vectory
      2 days ago











    • @vectory Indeed.

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago













    2












    2








    2







    crud comes to mind.




    a substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.




    In my mind this has connotations to 'bodily muck' -- moreover, ODO gives the example:




    Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud.




    Oxford Dictionaries.



    If you're looking for a more long-term phrase, there's always build-up you could add.

    See the title of this document.






    share|improve this answer













    crud comes to mind.




    a substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.




    In my mind this has connotations to 'bodily muck' -- moreover, ODO gives the example:




    Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud.




    Oxford Dictionaries.



    If you're looking for a more long-term phrase, there's always build-up you could add.

    See the title of this document.







    share|improve this answer












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    answered 2 days ago









    LordologyLordology

    1,378117




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    • I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

      – vectory
      2 days ago











    • @vectory Indeed.

      – Lordology
      2 days ago











    • @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago

















    • I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

      – Janus Bahs Jacquet
      2 days ago











    • Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

      – vectory
      2 days ago











    • @vectory Indeed.

      – Lordology
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    • @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

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    I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

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    I agree that crud describes ‘bodily muck’, and has added overtones of caking, but like Chasly’s answer, it is less specific and can equally well refer to dirt anywhere else on the body. I’ve added in a clarifying edit to the question to describe more accurately what sets the specific notion I’m talking about apart from general words for dirt.

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    Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

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    Crud (and crust, surely related) describes it pretty well, because that's what callus is, and the dirt certainly doesn't help it. However, I can't picture children with hard worn, rugged hands, and I can't imagine the convex parts of a soft hand being easy to miss in washing. grit would be a step up from crud if bloody wounds come into play after too much scrubbing.

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    @vectory Indeed.

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    @vectory Indeed.

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    @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    2 days ago





    @vectory The lateral edges of the hands are easier to miss when washing because they require the most torsion to reach. This isn’t a problem for adults in general, because we’ve learnt the proper twisting technique, but children, especially smaller children, often tend to wash their hands with simpler movements until they master the right movements. The palm and back of the hand are both reachable with no forearm rotation and the medial edge with slight pronation (the easiest rotation), but the lateral edges require a more significant amount of supination.

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    Schmutz - Yiddish
    Dirt, crud, grime that can be rubbed off our skin.






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      That's not the usual definition. It's any kind of grime. But it certainly a good suggestion for the OP.

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      That's not the usual definition. It's any kind of grime. But it certainly a good suggestion for the OP.

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      That's not the usual definition. It's any kind of grime. But it certainly a good suggestion for the OP.

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    That's not the usual definition. It's any kind of grime. But it certainly a good suggestion for the OP.

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    accumulated dirt = encrusted.



    Specifically, on the lateral sides of your fingers? That's going to need some creative writing.



    "His palms were seemingly clean because he had been working out all day, but were however otherwise encrusted with filth."






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    accumulated dirt = encrusted.



    Specifically, on the lateral sides of your fingers? That's going to need some creative writing.



    "His palms were seemingly clean because he had been working out all day, but were however otherwise encrusted with filth."






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    accumulated dirt = encrusted.



    Specifically, on the lateral sides of your fingers? That's going to need some creative writing.



    "His palms were seemingly clean because he had been working out all day, but were however otherwise encrusted with filth."






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    accumulated dirt = encrusted.



    Specifically, on the lateral sides of your fingers? That's going to need some creative writing.



    "His palms were seemingly clean because he had been working out all day, but were however otherwise encrusted with filth."







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    Also, use Castile bar soap and you won't have that problem.

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    I simply have no concept of this gravrust that you describe so well. It seems from the other answers that nobody else does either! Except, presumably, your fellow Danes. We non-Danes can't imagine why dirt would collect on the sides of our hands and feet like this. It seems unlikely that there is a genetic element involved.



    This may be an example of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in action: we have no word for it, therefore it doesn't exist in our minds. Here is an apposite extract from the linked PowerPoint presentation:




    In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that there are certain thoughts of an individual in one language that cannot be understood by those who live in another language.




    In other words, we are baffled by your gravrust because of the limitations of our language.



    Another explanation is possible: that it doesn't exist in our minds, therefore we have no word for it. I don't know what this hypothesis is called; if it were up to me, it would be the Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis.






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      I simply have no concept of this gravrust that you describe so well. It seems from the other answers that nobody else does either! Except, presumably, your fellow Danes. We non-Danes can't imagine why dirt would collect on the sides of our hands and feet like this. It seems unlikely that there is a genetic element involved.



      This may be an example of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in action: we have no word for it, therefore it doesn't exist in our minds. Here is an apposite extract from the linked PowerPoint presentation:




      In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that there are certain thoughts of an individual in one language that cannot be understood by those who live in another language.




      In other words, we are baffled by your gravrust because of the limitations of our language.



      Another explanation is possible: that it doesn't exist in our minds, therefore we have no word for it. I don't know what this hypothesis is called; if it were up to me, it would be the Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis.






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        I simply have no concept of this gravrust that you describe so well. It seems from the other answers that nobody else does either! Except, presumably, your fellow Danes. We non-Danes can't imagine why dirt would collect on the sides of our hands and feet like this. It seems unlikely that there is a genetic element involved.



        This may be an example of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in action: we have no word for it, therefore it doesn't exist in our minds. Here is an apposite extract from the linked PowerPoint presentation:




        In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that there are certain thoughts of an individual in one language that cannot be understood by those who live in another language.




        In other words, we are baffled by your gravrust because of the limitations of our language.



        Another explanation is possible: that it doesn't exist in our minds, therefore we have no word for it. I don't know what this hypothesis is called; if it were up to me, it would be the Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis.






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        I simply have no concept of this gravrust that you describe so well. It seems from the other answers that nobody else does either! Except, presumably, your fellow Danes. We non-Danes can't imagine why dirt would collect on the sides of our hands and feet like this. It seems unlikely that there is a genetic element involved.



        This may be an example of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in action: we have no word for it, therefore it doesn't exist in our minds. Here is an apposite extract from the linked PowerPoint presentation:




        In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that there are certain thoughts of an individual in one language that cannot be understood by those who live in another language.




        In other words, we are baffled by your gravrust because of the limitations of our language.



        Another explanation is possible: that it doesn't exist in our minds, therefore we have no word for it. I don't know what this hypothesis is called; if it were up to me, it would be the Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis.







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