tail bone
noun
Less technical term for coccyx.The fact we have an appendix proves we must have once been grass eaters, the fact we have a tail bone or coccyx proves we used to have tails like the gorillas and other animals still do....
- He probably would have still been teaching at Premiere Guild right now if he hadn't fell down a flight of stairs and broken his hip and bruised his tail bone.
- It's been getting worse so I eventually went off the to the doctor who told me, with some mild astonishment on his behalf, that my tail bone, instead of hanging down with a little curl in, is bent in at a 90 degree angle.
