These things have names. How many did you know?
The space between your eyebrows is called a
glabella.
The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.
The plastic or metallic coating at the end
of your shoelaces is called an aglet.
The rumbling of stomach is actually called
a wamble.
The cry of a new born baby is called a vagitus.
The prongs on a fork are called tines.
The sheen or light that you see when you close
your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.
The tiny plastic table placed in the middle
of a pizza box is called a box tent.
The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.
Your tiny toe or finger is called minimus.
The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle
of champagne is called an agraffe.
The “na na na” and “la la la”, which do not
really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.
When you combine an exclamation mark with a
question mark (?!), it is referred to as an interrobang.
The space between your nostrils is called columella
nasi.
The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are
sewn, is called armscye.
The condition of finding it difficult to
get out of the bed in the morning is called dysania.
Unreadable hand-writing is called griffonage.
The dot over an “i” or a “j” is called
tittle.
That utterly sick feeling you get after eating
or drinking too much is called crapulence.
The metallic device used to measure your feet
at the shoe store is called Bannock device.
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