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 shoe laces is called an aglet.
4. The rumbling of stomach is actually called a wamble.
5. The cry ofg a new born 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 the bed
in the morning is called dysania.
17. legible hand-writing is called griffonage
18. The dot over an “i” or a ‘ is called a 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 of the above did you already know?
