Tittle
It’s the dot over every lowercase “i” and “j”.
Ferrule
The metal part on your pencil.
Morton's Toe
Also known as Greek foot this is when your big toe is shorter than your second toe.
Zarf
It’s the cardboard around your coffee cup.
Niggly Wiggly
The paper strip coming out of the top of every Hershey’s Kiss ever.
Tintinnabulation
If you have ever rung bells then you were engaging in tintinnabulation.
Columella nasi
It’s the thing that splits your nostrils.
Nurdle
A pea sized bit of toothpaste.
Keeper
The part of a belt that holds the end in place when it is wrapped around.
Frisson
Whenever you do something crazy and feel a rush of excitement you are experiencing a “frisson”.
Rasceta
The lines on the back of your wrist.
Aglet
Thanks to the internet, by now most people know that the plastic thing at the end of your shoelace is an aglet.
Peen
It’s the back end of the hammer, the round part you never use.
Liripipe
Sometimes known as a tassle, liripipe just sounds a lot cooler.
Rowel
This is the name for the little spiky revolving things on the back of a cowboy’s spurs.
Octothorpe
You probably always called it by its more popular name…the pound sign.
Armscye
The technical name for the armhole in clothing.
Chanking
This is the correct term for any food you spit out of your mouth.
Phosphenes
Those lights you see when you close your eyes really hard.
Brannock Device
The thing you always use to measure your foot at the shoe store actually has a name.
Mandegreen
Every time you mishear something like a song lyrics you are experiencing mandegreen.
Philtrum
The groove between your lips and your nose.
Purlicue
We’re not done with body parts yet. This time we’re talking about the space between your thumb and pointing finger.
Lemniscate
Here’s another symbol with an unnecessarily confusing name that you always just knew as the “infinity sign”.
Spraint
The poop of an otter.
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