25 Things You Didn't Know Had an Actual Name for It
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Who ever named these things was either bored or was farted on by an otter IRL.
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1. Do you have an innate fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth? If so, you suffer from “Arachibutyrophobia.”
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2. When you stand with your hands on your hips, with your elbows facing outward, you’re standing “Arms Akimbo.”
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3. Those old-school devices that are used to measure your feet are known as “brannock devices.”
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4. This is the little piece of flesh, at the bottom of your nose, that separates your nostrils.
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5. If you’re like me, you wake up and feel half asleep still. This sensation is known as “dysania.”
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6. This is the metal part of a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
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7. When you get that rush of excitement generally associated with doing something crazy, you’re experiencing “frisson.”
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8. When random symbols are strung together to symbolize profanity, that’s known as grawlix.
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9. A googleganger is someone who shares the same name as you.
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10. Know someone who’s handwriting is illegible? They suffer from griffonage.
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11. “Kummerspeck” is the literal German term for the weight you gain from emotional eating.
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12. On your belt, the keeper if the built-in loop that holds in the end after it’s been latched.
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13. This is the proper name for the infinity symbol.
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14. Whenever you mishear something like music lyrics or a phrase, you’re experiencing mondegreen.
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15. People whose second toe is longer than their big toe, have Morton’s Toe. Otherwise known as “Greek Foot.”
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16. This term was coined for that little sliver of paper that comes out the top of a Hershey’s kiss.
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17. A nurdle is that little dollop of toothpaste you should be putting on your toothbrush.
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18. You may know this word better by its synonyms: hashtag, pound sign, tic-tac-toe or just #.
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19. No, this isn’t slang for p*nis. A peen is the end of a hammer that’s not used to strike.
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20. This is the name for the smell created when rain drops fall onto dry soil.
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21. This is the groove on your upper lip, just below your nose.
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22. The squishy piece of skin that runs between your forefinger and thumb is known as purlicue.
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23. I don’t know what this has its own name, but spraint is the poop of otters.
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24. When you ring a bell, the name for the sound created, is tintinnabulation.
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25. That little piece of cardboard wrapped around your coffee is known as a zarf.
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Do you have an innate fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth? If so, you suffer from “Arachibutyrophobia.”
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