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Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by 2016v2017: 6:04pm On Aug 12, 2017
akeeen:


Names are important.
What kind of world would it be if everything didn’t have a name?! Imagine having to point at whatever you wanted in the super market. African parents would be unable to send their kids on errands since things didn't have names. All in all, a world without names would be chaotic for sure. Here are names of some common things you didn’t realise have proper names:

1. Wamble
The rumbling/gurgling sound your stomach makes especially when you’re hungry is called a Wamble.



2. Tines
The four pointy ends on a fork are called tines.


3. Glabella
This is the name of the space betweenyour eyebrows.



4. Petrichor
After it rains on a hot dusty day, you’re usually treated to some nose porn. Yes, that smell after it rains that makes you nostalgic for when you were a kid is called Petrichor.



5. Overmorrow
Everyone says the “day after tomorrow”. Rather than saying that, overmorrow is the name of the day after tomorrow.



6. Interrobang
An interrobang is used to describe the combination of a question mark with an exclamation mark. This “?!” is called an interrobang.



7. Armscye
This is the name given to the armholesin clothes where the sleeves are sewn on.


8. Griffonage
Bad handwriting that is essentially unreadable is called Griffonage
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9. Tittle
The little dot over a small letter i or j is called a tittle or jot.



10. Minimus
The last finger on your hand isn’t called a Pinkie. It’s actually called Minimus. The name also applies to your little toe too.




11. Aglet
This is the metal or plastic coating at the end of the laces on your shoes and sneakers.



12. Agraffe
You know how you open bottles of non-alcoholic wines or even Champagne and you would find a weird metal cage that holds the cork in? That metal cage is called an Agraffe.



Source:http://omgvoice.com/lifestyle/things-proper-names



Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by emorse(m): 6:45pm On Aug 12, 2017
LeoFish92:

I guess u learnt that from this forum too
That's right. On a thread similar to this one.
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by egopersonified(f): 8:14pm On Aug 12, 2017
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Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by egopersonified(f): 8:14pm On Aug 12, 2017
petrichor makes you feel like eating sand overmorrow = next tomorrow
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by BUSYBRAIN2(m): 8:36pm On Aug 12, 2017
Tines is American, Prong British
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by joinnow: 9:00pm On Aug 12, 2017
Like Nigerian Doctor like griffonage
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by rokbass(m): 9:01pm On Aug 12, 2017
10. Minimus
The last finger on your hand isn’t called a Pinkie. It’s actually called Minimus. The name also applies to your little toe too.


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Well done. I appreciate your research but pls note that
"pinkie" can also be correctly used to refer to the little finger or last finger.
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by 400billionman: 9:38pm On Aug 12, 2017
dollytino4real:
op thanks 4 d lectures. na who eat well the remember proper names
. Robert Mugabe 2016..
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by LeoFish92(m): 10:05pm On Aug 12, 2017
emorse:

That's right. On a thread similar to this one.

Me too, funny enough, that's the only thing I can remember learning from that thread..... Others have gone down the subconscious
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by xtervaganza(m): 2:07am On Aug 13, 2017
I low more than 50% of this already
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by Dmelkowking50(m): 7:11am On Aug 13, 2017
AMA START USING THEM IN MY CONVERSATIONS
Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by bonymandude(m): 12:54pm On Aug 13, 2017
grin nice ones...... I'll comment overmorro grin








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Re: 12 Things You Won’t Believe Have Proper Names by hoodmenconcept(m): 10:38pm On Aug 14, 2017
nice 1

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