15 ordinary things you never knew had names

1/24/2020

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Culture Story: 15 ordinary things you never knew had names

The space between eyebrows, prongs on forks, even beer foam - all these things turned out to have specific names you've definitely never heard of. Read on to find out which well-known concepts also have quite little-known names.

#1

Culture Story: The space between eyebrows - glabella — shutterstock

#2

Culture Story: The warmth of the sun during a cold day - APRICITY — pexels

#3

Culture Story: A string of typographical symbols used to represent swearwords - grawlix — shutterstock

#4

Culture Story: An indentation between your nose and upper lip - philtrum — shutterstock

#5

Culture Story: The dot over i and j - title — shutterstock

#6

Culture Story: The plastic or metal coating at the tip of a shoelace - aglet — shutterstock

#7

Culture Story: The prongs on a fork - tines — pexels

#8

Culture Story: Unreadable handwriting - griffonage — pexels

#9

Culture Story: Flashes of light you see when when you rub or squeeze your closed eyes - phosphenes — wikimedia CC BY

#10

Culture Story: Creases and wrinkles on the inside of a wrist - rasceta — shutterstock

#11

Culture Story: The metal part at the end of a pencil - ferrule — shutterstock

#12

Culture Story: The infinity symbol - lemniscate — shutterstock

#13

Culture Story: Misheard song lyrics - mondegreen — shutterstock

#14

Culture Story: The piece of cardboard covering a coffee cup - Zarf — shutterstock

#15

Culture Story: The beer foam - barm — shutterstock

Did you know any of these words before? Which of them surprised you? Would you use the words from the list in your everyday speech?

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69 Comments

lmoores

I knew some of them. Was interesting to learn the rest.

dmarkc

This trivia was furn (fun to learn.

Remedios Prado-Ambrocio

Appreciate the info. Was very informative.

Katherine Casey

Sue Monger, or the tip of an umbrella.

Doris Dallaire

Knew several of them but it was interesting to learn the rest.

Gail Cusack

Yes I did know some of them but very interesting thank you.

Bernice Sartori

I knew 8 of them, but was happy to learn the rest. Thanks 😊

Scott Aird

Thoroughly enjoyed it

Clarence Quismundo

I knew 6 of them, but I never thought there are 15. They actually missed one, the concave space at the back of the knee (Popliteal Fossa, whatever that means).

Lyn Charlton

Had heard of a couple of them .

Sue Monger

I only knew5, but ferrule is also the rubber ends on a simmer frame or walking stick to stop them slipping

Marguerite LaHaye

I'll remember barm. Add one letter to bar.

bonniecardona

I knew #1, 4 , 5, 6, 7 & 11. The other terms were new to me this is why I like trivia it's fun to learn new things

Cindy Ursan

This was great!! I knew a few of these…

goplatinumone

I knew Tines!!

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