Names of things you probably didn’t know
There are lots of things that have names but most people don’t know. Here are a few names of things you probably didn’t know.
- The newborn baby’s first cry is called a vigitus.
2. The sheen of light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.
3. The space between your eyebrows is called glabella.
4. The way it smells after it rains is called petrichor.
5. When your stomach rumbles that’s a wamble.
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6. The prongs of a fork are called tines.
7. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelace is called an aglet.
8. The tiny plastic thing placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent.
9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.
10. The weird cage that holds the cork on a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe.
11. When you combine a question mark with an exclamation mark (?!), it is referred to as an interrobang.
12. Your little toe or finger is called the minimus.
13. The ‘na na na’ and ‘la la la’, which don’t really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song are called vocables.
14. The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.
15. The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye.
16. 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 “;” or a “j” is called tittle.
19. That sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.
20. The metal thing used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Bannock device.
