Tuesday, July 7, 2009

33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

1. AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.



2. ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.



3. CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.



4. COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.



5. DRAGé‘´S - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.



6. FEAT - A dangling curl of hair.



7. FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.



8. HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.



9. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER - A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)



10. JARNS,



11. NITTLES,



12. GRAWLIX,



13. and QUIMP - Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.



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



15. KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.



16. LIRIPIPE - The long tail on



33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

I'm usually pretty up on useless trivia, but you had me on 12 of the 16. Not bad



Note that 10,11,12 should actually be combined with 13 as all 4 of those names are part of the 13 definition



33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

what is your question?



33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

lol Wierd. What kind of peolpe come up with theses things?



33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

...Are you sure you didn't make some of those up? whats 10-12?



33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

that is so cool!!!



33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names!!!!?

why..? unless you are a crossword addict these words would never come up in "normal" conversation..there are many words to explain certain things ..which would be another word in another area ..like galowers (pit ponies)..in another area they are known as "truggers"but you will never find these words as they are local dialects..

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