Names for Things I Did Not Know

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Lived in Exeter, Devon, UK (2015–2018)Mon

DID YOU KNOW THESE THINGS HAD NAMES?

• 1. The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella.
• 2. The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.
• 3. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet.
• 4. The rumbling of the stomach is actually called a wamble.
• 5. The cry of a newborn baby is called a vagitus.
• 6. The prongs on a fork are called tines.
• 7. The sheen or light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.
• 8. The tiny plastic table placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent.
• 9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.
• 10. Your tiny toe or finger is called minimus.
• 11. The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe.
• 12. The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.
• 13. When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark (like this ?!), it is referred to as an interrobang.
• 14. The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.
• 15. The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye.
• 16. The condition of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning is called dysania.
• 17. Illegible handwriting is called griffonage.
• 18. The dot over an "i" or a "j" is called tittle.
• 19. That utterly sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.
• 20. The metallic device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Bannock device.

How many did you know?

I like:

• 3. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet.
• 4. The rumbling of the stomach is actually called a Wamble.
• 9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.
• 12. The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.
• 13. When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark (like this ?!), it is referred to as an interrobang.
• 18. The dot over an "i" or a "j" is called tittle.
• 19. That utterly sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.

There must be other meanings for these words. I couldn't find definitions for some of them on the web.