25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

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    25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

    source : http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/25-everyday-things-you-never-knew-had-names
    1.Tittle



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    The dot over an 'i' or 'j.'

    2. Lunule


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    The white, crescent shaped part at the top of a nail.


    3. Crepuscular Rays

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    Rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky. Also known as “God's rays.”

    Ferrule

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    The metal part on a pencil.


    5. Gynecomastia


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    Man-boobs.


    6. Muntin


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    The strip separating window panes.


    7. Morton's Toe

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    When your second toe is bigger than your big toe.


    8. Arms Akimbo

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    Exactly what it looks like. Hands on your hips.


    9. Desire Path

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    A path created by natural means, simply because it is the “shortest or most easily navigated” way.


    10. Semantic Satiation

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    What happens when you say a word for so long that it loses its meaning. Limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit.


    11. Skeuomorph

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    “A
    design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary.” For example, rivets on jeans, copper color on pennies, the shutter sound on a digital camera, and the pointless handle above.

    12. Brannock Device

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    What is used to measure your feet at the shoe store.


    13. Paresthesia

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    The pins and needles feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep. Bonus! This is known as obdormition.

    14. Phosphenes


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    The lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them.


    15. Armscye

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    The armhole in most clothing.


    16. Wamble

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    Stomach rumble.

    17. Feat

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    A dangling piece of curly hair.

    18. Peen

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    The side opposite the hammer's striking side.


    19. Rectal Tenesmus

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    The feeling of incomplete defecation. We've all been there.


    20. Dysania

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    The state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.


    21. Mondegreen

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    Misheard lyrics.


    22. Petrichor

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    The it smells outside after rain.


    23. Philtrum

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    The groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips.

    24. Purlicue

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    The space between the thumb and the forefingers.


    25. Aglet


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    The plastic coating on a shoelace.​