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Why is it called 'lipstick' when you can still move your lips?

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Question added by Nitin Chandran
Date Posted: 2013/12/13
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amer jayyousi
by amer jayyousi , Business Development Consultant , freelance

it is called lipstick because it is a stick used to apply something to the lips.

 

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by Deleted user

I agree with amer its a stick not sticking lips like a glue ;)

Jasmin Mathai
by Jasmin Mathai , Executive / Administrative Assistant to Assistant Vice President , United Arab Shipping Co.

It is a pale or coloured stick (comes in different sizes & shapes) used for painting lips and not glue to stick them.

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

Because it sticks to the lips.

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