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Names for Things I Did Not Know


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  • 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.

Comments

  1. The only one I knew was #6 "tines" of a fork.

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  2. I knew 5 of them. I must admit however that crapulence is my new favorite word.

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  3. I like #13 interrobang and #9 overmorrow the best.

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  4. I only knew 3, 6 and 19. And even after reading this, I doubt I will remember any of them LOL!

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  5. this post seems priceless dear John and i will return to learn names i really don't know

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