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In our everyday lives, we use just a small part of our languages' vocabularies. This is understandable as words go out of use, and we don't use scientific names for things or words that are used by a specific group of people, like professional terminology. Sometimes we don't even realize that some things have names at all or that they could have a specific name because we're used to referring to that thing by describing it.

Not a lot of us spend our time reading through dictionaries, but if we did, we could find some really interesting words, like how would you call the day after tomorrow or the struggle to get out of bed in the morning. Bored Panda gathered a list of things that you may not have known had a name in English, so enjoy it, as broadening your vocabulary is always fun. Don't forget to upvote the words that you liked the most and comment down below how many of these you already knew!

#1

40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The way it smells after it rains is called petrichor.

Merriam-Webster , Maria Eklind Report

Cori
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's one of my favorite smells on the planet!

Kendra Miller
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4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are also more sensitive to that smell then sharks are to blood (in parts per million). https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/short-stuff-petrichor-47887113/ -------------- https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/6nh2zlk/sharks-sink-your-teeth-in-again

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Tina Smith
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Learned this one from Doctor Who. Cool word and awesome smell.

Lorraine R
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned it from Lieutenant Tao on Major Crimes.

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Steve Barnett
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The picture is deceptive; petrichor does not occur on tarmac roads, only on soil.

Lauren Caswell
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to ask this! If petrichor was the road smell, or the proper outdoors one. Thank you for the clarification :)

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Foxxy (The Original)
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Such a yucky smell. Literally smells like dirt to me.

Nemanja Košević
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Smell of dirt is a smell of the planet you live. Most people likes that smell due the fact that in ancient times, it was sign of rain and good weather that will bring life and grow food. It's in our genes.

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Robin DJW
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

City or forest petrichor smells different than desert petrichor. Petrichor on ground that is chronically desiccated is the sweetest aroma in the world, bar none.

Melissa Nunya
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone know the name of the smell right before it snows? I love that smell

Neil Bidle
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Different places smell different after the rain, even the and place can smell different after different amounts of rain or different preceding weather

Sakandar Ali
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AppleDragon
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a good sense of smell. I can smell rain to tell my grandma not to water her vegetable garden.

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    #2

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.

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    Shrek Bunny
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone needs to know this

    Daria B
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Croatia, Italy and Korea we have the words preksutra, dopodomani and (내일)모레 respectively, and they're very common in each language.

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    Joran Quinten
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A very commonly used word in Dutch

    Random Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Afrikaans it's 'oormôre', derived from the Dutch word.

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    Nubis Knight
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Übermorgen... common use in Germany.

    F. H.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But sadly "fernt" meaning last year, is more and more forgotten.

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    Arctic Fox Lover
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also knew this. And the day before yesterday is called "ereyesterday"

    Helmut Kok
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    common in Danish "overmorgen"

    Zaza
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Dutch too, even spelled the same. And eergisteren (ereyesterday or day before yesterday)

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    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So today is undermorrow?

    Derek Clark
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the Dutch language it's a very normal word to use, translated it's exactly the same as overmorrow.

    kjorn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so that movie should've been called: "Overmorrow"

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m using this first chance I get.

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    #3

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name Finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning is called dysania.

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    Cori
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then I suffer from chronic dysania.

    V 2000
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder if i can get a doctor's note for that

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    WolfGirl23
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like 90% of people suffer from this

    Philly Bob Squires
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow... cool! *as he rolls over and goes back to sleep*

    Neil Bidle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends how much I need to pee

    AppleDragon
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have that... I think everyone does!

    Michigan Guy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or maybe...i-just-dont-god-damn-want-to!!!!!!

    Isa Trip
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think we all have dysania

    glowworm2
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if anyone has tried calling in sick to work using that term.

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    #4

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The phenomenon of repeating a word and temporarily losing its meaning is called semantic satiation.

    Wikipedia , zorilla Report

    Cori
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to do that with the word purple when I was a kid.

    Dynein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Schaukel" (swing), as I was swinging.

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    beautiful plumage
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that happens when i'm looking for the perfect font for projects sometimes. i use websites that put your chosen phrase such as "these pretzels are making me thirsty" in every font you have. after seeing the 48th or so iteration, you begin questioning if you've spelled "pretzels" correctly and what even is the meaning of "thirsty"?

    Night Owl
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard that lawyers sometimes intentionally do that in court

    Robert Robi Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It happens with every word you repeat many times. It becomes weird and meaningless.

    ベンジーBenji
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this like when you say your own name and it sounds weird?

    Doris Bennett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to do that with the word FREE & THREE I thought the were the same. Also the letters M & W gave me trouble.

    julie son
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you! I needed to know that so badly, because I do it quite often! In two languages! lol

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    #5

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name That sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.

    Merriam-Webster , águahotels Report

    Giles McArdell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting, same word for politician's speaking.

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will be using this in a sentence at the very next opportunity.

    Shelli Aderman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And is usually solved with some flatulence! 🤣🤣🤣

    Fus
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flatulence. You have to fart. Crapulence. You about to $h!t yourself.

    Thomas Ewing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A word that sounds like what it means! No dictionary needed!

    Sherry Harvey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder if Pelosi gets that after her many ice creams!

    Charlotta Öhman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We use a version of this in Finland, krapula!

    noralin
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    4 years ago

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    Yeah Yeah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coincidentally me and 3 of my siblings just took down for boxes of pizza and oh my god crapulence at its finest

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    #6

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name When you combine a question mark with an exclamation mark (‽), it is referred to as an interrobang.

    Merriam-Webster , Jeremy Keith Report

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we need to use that instead of ?!

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ?! is an interrobang, just without hunting for the symbol because you don't have it as a key. Keybind the special character and have fun ^^

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    Night Owl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also probably the name of a porno with an interrogation plot in it

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We use #! at the start of Unix scripts - called hash bang. Hash bang wollop what a script(ure). :D

    Marcellus the Third
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't start that... Normal people call # a Sharp or a Pound. The inexcusable call it Octothorp.

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    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't say I have ever tried to combine them.

    frangee
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend calls it a questamation mark.

    TeethClipper
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a whole episode on the history of it on the 99% invisible podcast.

    Big Mike (BigMike7302)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that was the interrogation scene in pornos SMH

    Shirley Heyn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that's not on myu keyboard!!!???

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    #7

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A series of typographical symbols, such as $#!, used in text as a replacement for profanity is called a grawlix.

    Merriam Webster , Threeboy Report

    Steve Barnett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s f#!king good to know that this s#!t had a f#?cking name.

    Xottel
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a rude character in an Asterix comic.

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was always related with the one with the horrible voice but i think i can relate with this character more!

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    TheBoredPanda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to start saying gawlix in place of curse words. That'll throw everybody off.

    Marvin HoG
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here I thought it was a Pokemon 😁

    Random Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either swear or don't swear, using grawlix makes you look like a preteen who just learned some new swear words.

    kjorn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like the name for a pokemon

    Sherry Harvey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why the grawlux does it grawlix matter? You grawlix grawlix.

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    #8

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The action of throwing something or someone out of a window is called defenestration.

    Merriam-Webster , Paul!!! Report

    Animal Lover
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has it happened enough to need a name?! 😨

    Steve Barnett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, for instance twice in Prague in 1419. There are other examples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration#Notable_cases

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I defenestrated my guzunder. :D

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a word in Greek too and you can literally say that someone was "outwindowed"

    Gerard Neaux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this one. The adjective is defenestrated.

    Zuzana Hoková
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ask someone in the Czech Republic. Defenestration was popular way to ¨replace" political rivals. Unfortunately, few hundreds years ago...Oh, wait, 1948 comunist defenestrated Jan Masaryk, the son of democratic president...

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    #9

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The individual parts of raspberries and blackberries are called drupelets.

    Merriam-Webster , Su Yin Khoo Report

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that figures, as the whole is called a drupe.

    Mumchkin
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they look like drupelets! I can see that correlation in my minds-eye.

    Mark Kelly
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call them nodes or nodules.

    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Each one has a seed at the base.

    Lorraine R
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fruits in the drupe category include peaches, cherries, plums, and many tree nuts. Drupelets are related.

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i squeeze drupelets until the juice comes out

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    #10

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet.

    Merriam-Webster , Eric T Report

    glowworm2
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Phineas and Ferb has an entire episode devoted to teaching this word.

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that’s where I learned it!

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    les
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when i was at school I convinced pretty much everyone it was called a flugel-binder.

    Josh Coker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so it's NOT a flugelbinder!! if anyone gets the reference

    maswartz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their true purpose is sinister!

    Matt Massery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you! I was literally thinking of this quote less than 30 minutes ago when I saw my shoes

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    Barb Braun
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew this one because of doing crossword puzzles.

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    #11

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A path that is created in the grass by people walking on it because it is the shortest way is called desire line.

    Merriam-Webster , Andrew Report

    Joran Quinten
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Dutch is an "Elephants trail" for the trails that elephans carve out in jungles

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So if i have a favourite path in my garden it's still an elephant trail? OK I've gained weight but that's not so good for my self confidence...🙄

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    Markus Holstein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In German "Trampelpfad" - "trample path". Who ever said ours wasn't a language of poetry?

    Parmeisan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody who knows anything, that's who. I know barely any German but just enough to know it's wonderful. It doesn't care what anybody thinks about it and that's what makes it poetic. :)

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    Refugee Pups
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or 'pathways of desire' - friend in local governmental park design. They try to design so that they can guess ahead of time the pathways and what the routes needed are so they don't pop up, but they always do!

    Miss Cris
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In architecture and urbanism that's more specific. It's used when there is a path but people goes to another one. And that can easyly be seen when it's in a garden, for example, with grass, and the desire path has less grass, or even not grass. It's usually sorter, or doesn't do and angle, or it goes to a new place or to look for shadow or to see something considered interesting for walkers, among other causes.

    Cori
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My horses have several of these in their pasture. The cows, however, do not.

    Parmeisan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting commentary on the nature of horses vs cows.

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    CFrance
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At my college campus many years ago, they finally gave up and paved the desire trails.

    Lori
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Cow path" in Wisconsin.

    I I
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we had one across a field with no path , it was that popular as a short cut they actually paved it in the end as that many used it

    Demi Zwaan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually desire path, not line.

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    #12

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The tingling sensation you get when your foot's asleep is called paresthesia.

    Merriam-Webster , Michael Coghlan Report

    Arctic Fox Lover
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will still refer to it as, "the blood in my feet was replaced by sparkling wine" xD

    Vanessa Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought 'Pins and needles' were from blocked blood supply but it's actually the compression of a nerve for too long. When the blockage is removed (AKA when I change positions) the nerve starts receiving impulses/signals again and becomes hyperactive before returning to normal again

    Philly Bob Squires
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "My (foot, leg, arm etc.) is static-y! - my Niece

    ruthie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I commented above , my son says his leg is glitching lol. Kids say the funniest things!!

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    F. H.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not quite right. It's not a special word for the feeling of a limb having fallen asleep. It describes any wrong, unprovoked feeling cause by irritation of nerves.

    Markus Holstein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    technically every sensation that is unpleasant but not painful and that is not caused by a sufficient external impulse is called paresthesia

    iBlank
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same word for any body part that this effects

    Bonnie Davis
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call it "Oh my God my feet are broken"!!! 😂😂

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    #13

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The space between your eyebrows is called glabella.

    Merriam-Webster , Leandro Scarano Report

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not exactly. It’s the area between the eyebrow ridges and above the nose where the underlying bone is slightly depressed.

    F. H.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, it's commonly used as a measuring point by dentists and orthodontists, because it's a fixed and easy to find point.

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    Molly Block
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can just imagine the look on the stylist's face at the beauty salon when I call them and say, "I'd like to book a time to come in and get my glabella waxed, please!" LOL!

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honest question! What were you saying before? I ask because in my language there is an actual word that we use all the time and you can see it in the leaflets of waxing! It's kind of like: midbrow 5€ for example

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    elStiJneriNO
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i always called that your eye-perineum

    Ray Martin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The groove between your top lip and your nose is called the philtrum.

    Damo Lee Park
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    huh? the space between my eyebrows is my third eyebrow.

    Dee Tag
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that space was called: the final frontier

    Tacocat
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I taught my brother this when he was 4ish. It's a household word for us xD

    Unnamed Hooman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom used to go to her siblings and say something like (just as an example for this word) “pssst! Your Glabella is showing!” And they would freak out wondering what was showing and where it was

    Daniel Gilroy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about people who have no space between their eyebrows? Are they galbelless?

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anybody have a W I D E glabella i don't

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    #14

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name Illegible handwriting is called griffonage.

    Merriam-Webster , Christina Hendricks Report

    Tuna Fish
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My students are happy I don't comment on their essays w/my handwriting. #ds106 #penatweet

    Linda Thomas Tinsley
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You must be a nurse or pharmacy technician to read doctor's handwriting!

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    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doctors handwriting should have a whole new name! They are one category on their own!

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    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh, makes sense. They're must be a lesson on griffonage at medical school lol.

    Arctic Fox Lover
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, sometimes it's referred to as, "illegible handwriting"

    Sherry Harvey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they teach griffonage in Med school?

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it says “My shrederb waz happy I don’t comment on their essamp wlmy handwriting.”

    Reynard
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Griffonnage (with 2 Ns) means 'doodling' in French. /français

    cassiushumanmother
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "doodling" is "gribouillage", it's pretty close. Griffonnage means writing with claws instead of fingers. Griffe means claw.

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    #15

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A word that means one thing forward and another backward is called semordnilap, for example, desserts and stressed.

    Wikipedia , Jenny Huey Report

    Giovanna
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Palindrome is when one word reads the same forward and backward, as in "Hannah"

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    Neil Bidle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this word was made up recently, it sounds far too forced

    Marcellus the Third
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was made up in 2014 to make up the exact joke that "palindrome is an emordnilap because it has a meaning in both RTL and LTR". https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emordnilap-palindrome/

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    Lilly Gertken
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just palindromes backwards like what the hecc

    Marie-Stephane Art
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People inventing that word: we will take palindrome and make a semordnilap with it and call it that, that will be fun

    Mary Ross
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, you almost got away with this one!!!

    Sharon Vaughn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Palindromes backwards. Who thought that up?

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    #16

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name Your little toe or finger is called digitus minimus.

    Wikipedia , Wesley Fryer Report

    Dynein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh come one, this one is misplaced, no one is is surprised that the little finger has a specific term for it - in fact, the common specific term is extremely well-known: it is "little finger". This one sounds like the medical term for it and, well... to my knowledge every part of the body has a latin-derived medical term, so where are other 1000 words or so that belong to the same category?

    htbq
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its a harry potter spell.

    cassiushumanmother
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The french name for little finger is auriculaire (auricula means ear in Latin) because it's the only one small enough to scratch your ear with it. LOL

    Scagsy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the week before payday is called skintus maximus

    Radek Suski
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's jus a translation. Doesn't fit here

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually is the medical term but we use the translated version

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    Evil Little Thing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally Latin for "smallest finger/toe"

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    #17

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The sheen of a light that you see when you close your eyes is called phosphenes.

    Merriam-Webster , wim goedhart Report

    Gossameringue
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Phosphenes are caused by stimulation of your retina. No actual light is needed.

    Mad Dragon
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an accident a few weeks ago where a fully-extended bungee cord snapped back into my eye. I was pretty much blind in that eye for a few weeks, and I got the phosphenes extending to my normal vision from my dominant eye. Not fun.

    Miss Cris
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *closing my eyes to see them*

    Nikki Sevven
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's your brain attempting to provide you with a sensory stimulus in the absence of light.

    Kenny Kulbiski
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What sheen of light? Is this something else I've been screwed out of? Like normal color vision?

    Edamame
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is why i ask my mom to close my door when the lights on. not because i want to look at bored panda, but because even when i close my eyes, it's not completely dark.

    s. vitkovitsky
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mightbe thinking of aura, you might need a dictionary, or you're a jokester.

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    #18

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The metal thing used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Brannock device.

    Brannock , Phillip Pessar Report

    glowworm2
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never knew those things had a name.

    Marcellus the Third
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To a professional, there's a name for every tool that the rest call "that thingymajiggy youknowtheoneyeah?"

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    Philly Bob Squires
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always called it a "shoe sizer!" The more you know, eh?

    Airis Malfoy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For the past 7 years, i have been calling this a "feet measurer"

    Debs
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charles Brannock 😎🥾👠👡👢👞

    Randy Klefbeck
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A must in the custom ski boot fitting trade. It also measures width as well as length.

    Pandaturtle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally JUST sold one on etsy.

    Wistiti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Invented by Mme Brannock.

    Johanne Trudeau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never knew this had a name. Always called it the "foot sizer"

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    #19

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The day before yesterday is called ereyesterday.

    Wikipedia , kenkwsiu Report

    Joran Quinten
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same again: commonly used in the Dutch language

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As it seems only in English is not a common word...

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    Nubis Knight
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Übermorgen and vorgestern. Never noticed those aren't common words in English too. In German language their widely used.

    Dirk Leyers
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Eergisteren" in Dutch. Use the word very often.

    Birma Gustafsson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also common in Sweden, nice to be able to use it in English!

    Anna Popis-Witkowska
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Polish it means “przedwczoraj” (literally “before yesterday”).

    Summer Woodsong
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So: ereyesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow and then overmorrow. You can almost define clearly every day in the week. That's handy.

    Johanne Trudeau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty scientifiquie!!! LOL!!! Usually use, day before yesterday and day after tomorrow... Or actually name the day being referred to...

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    #20

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A cup holder for hot drinks is called zarf.

    Vocabulary , Angela CoffeeRank Report

    Cat_Snake_Ferret
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she not using the zarf in the picture

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A person who carelessly mishandles a zarf like that is known as a zarfoofus.

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    Fred L.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here I was being content with the word "cup holder" for a cup holder.

    Mumchkin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always called it a sleeve. Hmm zarf is way funnier though.

    Just Nanci
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zarf is the Turkish word for envelope... I have way too much time on my hands.

    Hamed Karimi Elysee
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the term Zarf in today's Persian is any sort of food container in the kitchen, such as plates, bowls, and so on. Interesting to know it was transformed in English😃

    Connie Martin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a cup holder, but really an ancient word that predates cardboard Starbucks sleeves by several hundred years

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    #21

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.

    Cambridge Dictionary , Francesco Report

    Steve Barnett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here is a classic example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUaYbfKZIiA

    Life is ?
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's comes the hotstepper ..... Nana na ...

    Big Mike (BigMike7302)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about the song "MMMM MMMM MMMM" By the Crash test Dummies (( not the YEah YEah Yeahs like I originally thought lol)

    Debs
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Da Do Ron Ron Ron Da Do Ron Ron 😎

    Jamie S. Martindale
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look, it’s Sunny & Cherie - the tribute act!

    Summer Woodsong
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we just called them nonsense syllables

    Jerry Conaway
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Journey - Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' "Na na na na - na na - na na na naaa nah..."

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    #22

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The dot over an "i" or a "j" is called tittle.

    Merriam-Webster , auntjojo Report

    Easily Excitable Panda
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So they illustrated this with a capital J instead of a j?

    iBlank
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    crossing the "t"s and tittling the "i"s

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And someone that tells that you missed one is a tittle tattle ;-)

    Madison Feehan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the line in a "t" is called a jot!

    Mumchkin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they're little they're tittles!

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i found that in a national geographic kids magazine and told it to my teacher. now she knows what a tittle is.

    Orion Countryman
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TIttle is also the name of a 3d light box with a grid of 512 RGB LEDs to make 3d images made purely of light. I have one and its awesome. This isn't an advertisement by the way. If you have the funds try and get it. Its a smart device and its app controlled.

    Shirley Heyn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, what is tattle, as in "tittle tattle"?

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    #23

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The indent on the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt.

    Merriam-Webster , Ruth Hartnup Report

    Mumchkin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow I knew this I just wouldn't have been able to tell you it before seeing it here. I feel like maybe I read it in a book or it was in a crossword.

    Dorothy Parker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To pour properly, you put your thumb in the punt while cradling the bottle on your other fingers.

    Dave P
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the purpose is, is that it makes the bottom of the bottle more durable and less likely to break if it drops.

    Rhea
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Dutch this is called the 'ziel' (soul) of the bottle. It has several functions: it makes the bottle more stable when standing on a irregular surface; the bottle is more resistant to pressure (Champagne!) and more sturdy; the wine sediment can settle in the area around the punt and as mentioned by others already, you can pour from the bottle by placing your thumb in the punt... Except for it looking posh, I dunno the function of holding the bottle like this :P

    Gabby M
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently there are at least 10 reasons for the punt. https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/why-wine-bottles-have-punts-bottom/#:~:text=The%20Punt%20Allows%20The%20Bottle%20To%20Stand%20Upright,An%20Indication%20That%20A%20Wine%20Was%20Well%20Made Nothing there about pouring though.

    Seán Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, the last drop of wine (or of any drink) left in the bottle is known as a heeltap.

    Sherry Harvey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the punt encircles the pontil and a pontil is the part on the bottom of a blown glass object that comes from the rod that finishes the piece.

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    #24

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A letter or a combination of letters used in spelling the word but not pronounced is called an aphthong like "gh" in "knight" or in "fight."

    Your Dictionary , Hans Splinter Report

    David Becker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ''' like "kn" in "knight" or "gh" in "knight."

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They used to be pronounced, those are dipthongs now. Aphthong is just the proper name for "silent letters".

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need to get rid of all the aphthongs.

    Virginie Michaud
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But then how do you differenciate knit and knight? Fit and fight? Lit and light?

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    John Carr
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, Ye (as in Ye Olde Shoppe) is not pronounced as Ye. There was an Old English letter called Thorn, which sounded like Th. The nearest Latin letter to look like it was Y so Ye is pronounced The

    Dynein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to be confused with "diphthong" which is the word for two vowels pronounced in a single syllable, like (h)ow, (h)i, (h)ey.

    Miss Cris
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like "ch" in which. Two letters but one sound.

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    Magpie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Errrm just the k in night isn't it? and gh.

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The k is an aphthong. Kn is a dipthong, gh is also a dipthong.

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    cassiushumanmother
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember my germans classes with a lot of "beware of the diphtong" from the teacher. (2 vowels for one sound)

    Randy Klefbeck
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of those in the English language from the descendant Scandinavian.

    Lindy Mac
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what is the "ueue" called in Queue? 🤣

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    #25

    The paragraph mark (¶) is called a pilcrow.

    Merriam-Webster Report

    Peppermallow
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A group of them is known as a murder of pilcrows

    Rain WhiteBuffalo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a college student....I can firmly agree with you

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Possibly derived from the greek letter "pi" which is one part of the symbol.

    Shirley Heyn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a musical notation. . .

    Robert Robi Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the most annoying things you can see on your screen

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    #26

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The cry of a newborn or small child is called a vagitus.

    Collins , Upsilon Andromedae Report

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That child has a very pronounced glabella.

    Vanessa Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha they couldn't name it something cuter? 'Honey, I can hear vagitus again' O-O

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it's not something cute to be honest.... i wonder who named something annoying to resemble a female part... wanna bet it's a guy?

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    Michigan Guy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hold on. ladies, help. if...that little bastard acts up...a vagitus??....how you feel?

    Jayne Kyra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also known as "annoyance."

    Sherry Harvey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here I thought it was just known as irritating.

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cry of a newborn is called a lot of other things, too.

    Son of Philosoraptor
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the cry your vag wanted to make during the birth 😸

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    #27

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name When your stomach rumbles, that's a wamble.

    Merriam-Webster , Alena Getman Report

    iblowsheep
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bor·bo·ryg·mus | ˌbôrbəˈriɡməs | noun (plural borborygmi | -mī | ) technical a rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines.

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH NO IT'S A EARTH WAMBLE GUYS UNDER THE TABLES NOW!!!!!!!!

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend's 4 year old daughter is calling it stomach bubbles!

    bill marsano
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's mere slang, I think, and probably merely regional, to boot. Wikipedia has the official word(s): A stomach rumble, also known as a bowel sound, peristaltic sound, abdominal sound, bubble gut or borborygmus (pronounced / ˌbɔːrbəˈrɪɡməs /; plural borborygmi), is a rumbling, growling or gurgling noise produced by movement of the contents of the gastro-intestinal tract as they are propelled through the small intestine by a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.

    Cath Homer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Underground, overground, wambling free...

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also when you walk aimlessly, you are wambling.

    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was called borboragme?

    Kendra Miller
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like saying "I've got the grumbles" (sad tone) or "I'm grumbling" (joking warning tone). I don't know how "I've got the wambles" or I'm wambling" sounds... Sounds more like I'm a kangaroo then hungry.

    Parmeisan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So is it "My stomach is wambling" or "I'm wambling"? (Hmm. Meriam Webster has a slightly different definition and also does not use it in a sentence. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wamble)

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    #28

    A word or a phrase that is used mistakenly but in a plausible way for another word or phrase is called eggcorn.

    Merriam-Webster Report

    Tuna Fish
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need an example of this?

    Daniel Gilroy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such as saying "eggcorn" instead of "acorn."

    Vasha
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    acorn vs eggcorn / death nail vs death knell / black and red fish vs blacened / youthamism vs euphemism. There is a database: https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/browse-eggcorns/

    Boris’ Mom
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    effect affect, its it's. Or, more like "liberty" and "liver, tea" (in the pledge of alligence)? their and they're?

    Mumof1
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MistakEnly, not mistakInly - your headline contains a mistake

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    #29

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A person who has the same name as you and is found by searching it on Google is called a Googlegänger.

    Macmillan Dictionary , ethermoon Report

    Lara Verne
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have one Facebookgänger.

    Gerard Neaux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am starting to doubt some of these

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It undoubtedly comes from the word doppelgänger

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    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Supposedly I have a double who rides a certain bus route every morning. So I guess she's a transitganger?

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No that's only if she takes the same flight (transit)😅

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    Bob Belcher
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have one on BP. I'm guessing he's using his real name and every time I see it, it freaks me put lol

    Rob
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This word was probably made up by the marketing department of said company...

    Dynein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Doppelgoogle" would be more appropriate - after all, the word "Doppelgänger" literally translates to "double walker", so "google walker" is like... what even is that supposed to be??

    Shirley Heyn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, a fairly new word then. . .?

    Caroline Driver
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Googleganger of mine raises alpacas!

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    #30

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The wired cage that holds the cork on a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe.

    Wein.plus , Greger Ravik Report

    Joran Quinten
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Potato, potato. Agraffe, giraffe

    The Deez
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing better than seeing an agraffe loping through its natural habitat out on the savannah!

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    Johanne Trudeau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually "agraffe" is the French word for "staples"...

    Heidi I
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That makes more sense, as it's the word we use in Danish for the staples Dr's use after surgeries, e.g. a cesarean

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    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agraffe in Greek is something totally different! It's that thing in the middle of the belt! The metal thing in the front I mean...

    Mary Hunt Peret
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the wine industry we just call it a wirehood.

    C.w. Stewart
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also is a guide and spacer for piano strings near the tuning pins

    Robert Robi Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned this one when playing a hidden object game, it was one of the items from the list and I had no idea what that was, so I pressed 'hint' and it showed that

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i don't drink champagne bro i'm 9

    Miss Cris
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But you still can do nice things with the cork.

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    #31

    The chart you look at while taking an eye exam is called the Snellen chart.

    Wikipedia Report

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m sure it’s named after some Snellen, but my brain wants to turn that into Smellen, which would be a word having scent-related overtones...

    Damo Lee Park
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    your brain wants to? my brain didn't even consult me, it just went ahead and read Smellen, and wondered why you wrote Smellen twice

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    bill marsano
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you want to know how protective your motorcycle helmet is, cheeck its Snell Rating, (Named for one whose helmet did not prevent death.)

    tiari
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never had an eye exam with one of these, I only know them from movies.

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    #32

    A group of crows is called a murder.

    Merriam-Webster Report

    Dest
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just saw a murder in the fields. So cute. :) .......Aka using this word casually can create some bad confusion lmao

    Patrick McKemie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A "Crow Funeral" is actually a murder investigation

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see a lot of "murder is group of crows", but I find that a group of ravens being called an unkindness is way more interesting.

    s. vitkovitsky
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And kind of stupid, really. It should be called A Remarkable Intelligence.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i feel like this is widely known, however, there are several other useful words for groups of animals: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html

    Markus Holstein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A murder of crows, an homicide of ravens, an aggravated manslaughter of magpies

    Dario Li Causi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a group of polar bears is called aurora

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    #33

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The crisp rustle of silk or a similar material that has been treated with dilute acid is called scroop.

    Merriam-Webster , Paula Satijn Report

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so that's the giant cloth on dresses.

    Lyone Fein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. The *sound* made by all that cloth is a scroop.

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    Thorfin Wolfsbane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And groot is a large tree that can talk but only say one word

    JenMiddleChildSmith
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol that peach satin dress was the height of prom/bridesmaid fashion in 1993

    Huddo's sister
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A really horrible sound for people with sensory issues like sensory overload!

    Carmen Sandiego
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes me shudder and want to do it more at the same time.

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    #34

    The smalls strips of wood, plastic or metal in between separate panes of glass on a window are called muntins.

    Merriam-Webster Report

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I know the difference between muntins and mullions.

    bill marsano
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Envision TWO windows, each containing several panes of glass (called "lights"), which are separated, as noted above, by muntins. The two windos themselves may be separated ny a lzrger upright bar called a mullion.

    bill marsano
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the frame around a laptop screen or tv screen or watch crystal in called bezel.

    nala simba
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the Pairofknees,then? #River Deep, Muntins High!#

    Thorfin Wolfsbane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And all this time I thought I was eating mutton

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    #35

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The tiny plastic thing placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a pizza saver.

    Wikipedia , stu_spivack Report

    Karl Baxter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was garden furniture for mice 😉

    Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Double-use. Preferably it's used on the pizza first, though...

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    Easily Excitable Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, I'm kind of disappointed it's not called something cooler.

    Giovanna
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gosh I feel like pizza now!

    beautiful plumage
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    dangit. i was hoping it would have a far more interesting name with a fascinating back story. i knew what it does. but now... just... meh.

    Dave P
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? When I worked in a food service kitchen our catalog called it a "table"

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    never saw that EVER (do domino's even put those there?)

    Neil Bidle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently an American thing, our pizza just touches the lid.

    Chris Allan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cell phone holder-upper when in the 'landscape' position.

    Tina Harbour
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always called it "the Barbie table"

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    #36

    A person who never laughs is called agelast.

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    David Butler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not pronounced "age-last", but "ei-jeh-last".

    Philly Bob Squires
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A person who never laughs is called "someone I generally don't want to be around..."

    Johanne Trudeau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty damn dull life, if the person never laughs...

    Seán Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So Pritti Patel is an agelast?

    Kendra Miller
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a kid I didn't like how my laugh sounded. So I tried to silence it. When I laugh my shoulders shake and I make these huffing air sounds. It's been over 10 years since I last heard my own real laugh. I don't even know what it sounded like. How can you recreate something you have no memory on how to do, let alone sounds?

    Molly Block
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be talking about Victoria Beckham She who never smiles nor laughs.

    Daniel Gilroy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's nothing funny about that.

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    #37

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.

    Biology Online , Dan Zen Report

    Connie Martin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Septum is the cartilage dividing the inside of the nose

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    Crazy Meerkat Lady
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could also be called the outdoor septum

    Caroline Driver
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And philtrum is the little dip under your nose

    Elsker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Dutch it's called 'snotgootje', which translates to snot duct... I'm really prefer columella nasi:))

    Giles McArdell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a nasty growth, he should probably get that looked at.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d heard/read somewhere that they were called “nares,” but maybe that’s the word for the ridges on either side of the columella nasi.

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So…..nose column. Yep, that makes sense!

    Indigojinn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gives a new meaning to nasi goreng. All this time it was nasi gowrong.

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    #38

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye.

    Merriam-Webster , John Benson Report

    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Specifically it's the seam where the sleeves attache to the bodice.

    Mewton’s Third Paw
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was gonna say that girl has a really interesting nose! And there’s also comments about her cheeks and hair lumps. She’s got distinctive features for sure. She’s more than her appearance and her appearance is beautiful and lovely anyway, she just looks interesting. (Which beats looking common any day.)

    ruthie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone please just put a sock in it, the girl is super cute...... but THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT! 😒

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    Jubum
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    but the girl in the picture has mighty hamster cheeks.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    I thought this was going to be about those giant lumps in her hair...that definitely needs its own word!

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    #39

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A word or a phrase that reads the same way forward as it does backward is called a palindrome, for exmple, radar, level, madam.

    Merriam-Webster , 270862 Report

    Tacocat
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! Teach the people! Some of us already knew, though😆 (see my name)

    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A MAN! A PLAN! A CANAL! panama.

    J. F.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Radar is also an acronym

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    4 years ago

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    𝕊𝕒𝕞 (𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪/𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕞)
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "a man, a plan, a canal: panama," "madam, i'm adam," "may a moody baby doom a yam?," "on a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil; a fire volcano," and "go hang a salami, i'm a lasagna hog" are all also palindromes. don't ask me why i know these, brains are weird.

    John Dilligaf
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soviet era mobile early warning air defense radar, NATO reporting name was Long Track.

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    Radek Suski
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it's common knowledge

    Dorothy Parker
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Two famous palindrome are: Madam I'm Adam. Able was I ere I saw Elba.

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    #40

    40 Interesting Words For Things You Probably Never Knew Had A Name A prong or sharp point like of a fork or antler is called tine.

    Cambridge Dictionary , waferboard Report

    Mumchkin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd think this is common knowledge.

    Johanne Trudeau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is commonly used by everyone...

    ispeak catanese
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want whatever this person is eating.

    Randy Klefbeck
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also the name of the parts of the individual file edges of the metal shaping/shaving tool.

    nala simba
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah! Yes! #The Fog on the Tine is all Mine!# (Lindisfarne)

    Mark Kelly
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I've known for a long time.

    OUSSAMA AGZOUL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i like to mash food with my fork. more specifically eggs.

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