23 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names
1. Tittle - The dot over an 'i' or 'j.'
2. Lunule - The white, crescent shaped part at the top of a nail.
3. Crepuscular Rays - Rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky. Also known as “God's rays.”
4. Ferrule - The metal part on a pencil.
5. Gynecomastia - Man boobs.
6. Muntin - The strip separating window panes.
7. Morton's Toe - When your second toe is bigger than your big toe.
8. Arms Akimbo - Hands on your hips.
9. Desire Path - A path created by natural means, simply because it is the “shortest or most easily navigated” way.
10. Semantic Satiation - What happens when you say a word for so long that it loses its meaning. Limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit.
11. Skeuomorph - “A design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary.” For example, rivets on jeans, copper color on pennies, the shutter sound on a digital camera, and the pointless handle above.
12. Paresthesia - The pins and needles feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep. Bonus! This is known as obdormition.
13. Phosphenes - The lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them.
14. Armscye - The armhole in most clothing.
15. Wamble - Stomach rumble.
16. Feat - А dangling piece of curly hair.
17. Peen - The side opposite the hammer's striking side.
18. Dysania - The state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.
19. Mondegreen - Misheard lyrics.
20. Petrichor - The way it smells outside after rain.
21. Philtrum - The groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips.
22. Purlicue - The space between the thumb and the forefingers.
23. Aglet - The plastic coating on a shoelace.