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20 Weird Names For Everyday Things

There are some weird names for some pretty normal things.

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20 Weird Names For Everyday Things
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Have you ever sat and thought "Why is this named this?" or "I wonder if that has a name?". There's a lot of things out there with strange names that we aren't even aware of. Here's a few everyday things that have some weird names:

1. Goosebumps

Tiny elevations of the skin that resemble the skin of poultry after the feathers have been plucked. I've wondered why they were called this my whole life.

2. Wamble

When your stomach is rumbling. It's happened to us all and it even has a name.

3. Aglet

This is one we've all heard before at some point and been shocked to hear the name. This is the tiny plastic part of a shoelace.

4. Glabella

This is a strange one and it is the space between your eyebrows. I guess those with a unibrow don't have to worry about this word.

5. Snellen Chart

The dreaded chart we all have to face at the doctors office. It's the wonderful standard eye exam chart.

6. Accubation

This is the act of eating or drinking while lying down. I can honestly say I do this almost every single day.

7. Tines

Have you ever wondered what the little prongs of a fork were called? Well now you know!

8. Pandiculation

The act of stretching when tired in the morning. We've all done it, but we just never knew what we were supposed to call it.

9. Tittle

The dot on top of the i and j is concerned the "tittle". Who knew it had a name?

10. Morton's Toe

Who else out there has a longer second toe than their big toe? Did you know it has a name?

11. Interrobang

What did you do?! Ever wonder what "?!" was? It's called an interrobang.

12. Barm

The foam on your beer. Not that anyone enjoys a foamy beer, but there is a name for it.

13. Petrichor

The smell after it rains. Ahhhh the sweet smell of rain just smells so good.

14. Keeper

The loop on the belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.

15. Agraffe

The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne. We all knew about the cork, but maybe we didn't know about the wire caged part around it.

16. Zarf

The cardboard sleeve that protects our little hands from the heat of our coffee.

17. Dysania

We've all experienced this one before. The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning. I can honestly say I experience dysania almost every morning.

18. Brannock Device

The instrument they use to measure your feet in the store.

19. Mondegreen

Misheard song lyrics. I am a big culprit of this one. There are a lot of songs that I have heard the incorrect way.

20. Scurryfunge

This one is for you Mom. The time you run around cleaning frantically before guests come over.


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