25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

1. Tittle The dot over an 'i' or 'j.' 2. Lunule The white, crescent shaped part at the top of a nail. 3. Crepuscular Rays Rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky. Also known as “God's rays.” 4. Ferrule The metal part on a pencil. 5. Gynecomastia Man-boobs. 6. Muntin The strip separating window panes. 7. Morton's Toe When your second toe is bigger than your big toe. 8. Arms Akimbo Exactly what it looks like. Hands on your hips. 9. Desire Path A path created by natural means, simply because it is the “shortest or most easily navigated” way. 10. Semantic Satiation What happens when you say a word for so long that it loses its meaning. Limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit. 11. Skeuomorph “A design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary.” For example, rivets on jeans, copper color on pennies, the shutter sound on a digital camera, and the pointless handle above. 12. Brannock Device What is used to measure your feet at the shoe store. 13. Paresthesia The pins and needles feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep. Bonus! This is known as obdormition. 14. Phosphenes The lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them. 15. Armscye The armhole in most clothing. 16. Wamble Stomach rumble. 17. Feat A dangling piece of curly hair. 18. Peen The side opposite the hammer's striking side. 19. Rectal Tenesmus The feeling of incomplete defecation. We've all been there. 20. Dysania The state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning. 21. Mondegreen Misheard lyrics. 22. Petrichor The it smells outside after rain. 23. Philtrum The groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips. 24. Purlicue The space between the thumb and the forefingers. 25. Aglet The plastic coating on a shoelace.