Names For Things You Didn't Know Had Names

[AND1]

I got 4 for you guys

1. Aglet: the covering on the end of a shohelace
2. Phosphenes: the lights you see when you close your eyes hard
3. Kick or Punt: The indentation at the bottom of wine bottles
4. Harp: The matal hoop that supports a lampshade

Add more...

[Forum Troll]

5. Quigley: the name I gave to my member

[jimmalenko]

5. Quigley: the name I gave to my member

no-one knew that !

[Doramius]

Can I say Chode & Taint? If it's not proper, I can have this edited. I haven't heard these words since middle school, so I might be a little off, but I'm sure I'm close.


Chode - piece of skin that links the nutsack to the anus.

Taint - the bump or dimple in the skin between a woman's anus and vaginal opening.

[AND1]

here is some more

Armsaye - The armhole in clothing.
Chad - The tiny bits of paper left over from punching data cards.
Chanking - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
Feat - A dangling curl of hair.
Minimus - The little finger or toe.
Obdormition - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is "asleep."
Ophryon - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
Peen - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
Purlicue - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
Rasceta - Creases on the inside of the wrist.
Scroop - The rustle of silk.

[888888]

Hub- that thingy in the DVDs.

[Doramius]

here is some more

Armsaye - The armhole in clothing.
Chad - The tiny bits of paper left over from punching data cards.
Chanking - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
Feat - A dangling curl of hair.
Minimus - The little finger or toe.
Obdormition - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is "asleep."
Ophryon - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
Peen - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
Purlicue - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
Rasceta - Creases on the inside of the wrist.
Scroop - The rustle of silk.

That's the rounded part like a ball opposite the striking face, some hammers have a claw.

Monkey's fist - Uniform knot ball made from rope to make a pulling knob. Often made by mariners.
Raze - destroy by leveling

[ViRaL1]

Sphygmamonometer - What nurses use to take your blood pressure.

[ViRaL1]

Peen - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
That's the rounded part like a ball opposite the striking face, some hammers have a claw.

Monkey's fist - Uniform knot ball made from rope to make a pulling knob. Often made by mariners.
Raze - destroy by leveling

Maybe it's a peen on ALL hammers, hence the term BALL-PEEN on those with a rounded part.

Just a thought.

[Doramius]

Peen - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
That's the rounded part like a ball opposite the striking face, some hammers have a claw.

Monkey's fist - Uniform knot ball made from rope to make a pulling knob. Often made by mariners.
Raze - destroy by leveling

Maybe it's a peen on ALL hammers, hence the term BALL-PEEN on those with a rounded part.

Just a thought.

not all hammers have a ball-peen. Even the ball on a hitch is called a peen.