22 Things you might not think have a name, but totally do
Nathan Johnson
Published
04/04/2018
everything has a name
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Defenestrate is the insane act of throwing someone or something through a glass window. -
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A path created naturally by people walking over grass because it was a more desirable and faster option. -
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The glabella is that soft patch of skin between your two eyebrows. -
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The Punt is the underside of a bottle of wine. More specifically, it is the little indentations found on the underside of a bottle of wine. -
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You know that soft, webbing of skin between your thumb and forefinger? That is your purlicue. -
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Chanking is food that has been chewed on but spat back out. -
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The lines on the inside of your wrist are known as ‘rasceta.’ -
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That strange little divot that runs between the underside of your nose and your top lip is your philtrum, and even dogs have it. -
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The lunule is the small, white, crescent tips of your fingernails. -
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Lemniscate. The infinity loop. -
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Peen. The other end of a hammer head. -
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Translated literally, kummerspeck means: grief bacon. It is the weight that you gain from emotionally overeating. -
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Griffonage is the particularly terrible handwriting that someone scribbles onto a page. -
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Armscye. The arm hole found in shirts, sweaters, and jackets. -
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A tittle is the tiny little dot that can be found perched atop a lowercase “i” or “j.” -
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A feat is that tiny little hair or cluster of hairs that gently dangles over the forehead. -
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Columella nasi. That space between your two nostrils. -
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Dingbats, Grawlix, Profanitype. The symbols used in to replace swear words. -
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Box Tent. That little table found in the middle of your pizza. -
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A ferrule is the little piece of metal that connects the pencil and the eraser. -
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The fresh line of toothpaste that you put onto the bristles of your toothbrush is known as the nurdle. -
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You know that cardboard sleeve you get for your coffee to go? It’s known as a zarf.
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