Thursday, 5 September 2024

Sand Block

 

Names for things you probably didn’t know had names:

The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella.

The way it smells after it rains is called petrichor.

The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet.

When your stomach rumbles, it’s called a wamble.

The cry of a newborn baby is called a vagitus.

The prongs of a fork are called tines.

The sheen of light you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.

The tiny plastic thing placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent.

The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.

Your little toe or finger is called the minimus.

The wired cage that holds the cork on a bottle is called an agraffe.

A question mark combined with an exclamation is an interrobang.

The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.

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