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27 Everyday Things You
Never Knew Had Names
BuzzFeed.com, by Staff
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Posted By:LComStaff, 11/25/2012 8:13:33 AM
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Toledo, 11/25/2012 8:18:25 AM (No. 9032802)
Oh, I love this. Can´t wait to stump visitors who think they know it all. Thank you staff.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
kanphil, 11/25/2012 8:40:30 AM (No. 9032822)
Great way to start the day. #9 is my favorite. I see them everywhere.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Muncssister, 11/25/2012 8:45:13 AM (No. 9032826)
Learned this weekend during a rowdy game of Taboo that the extra skin on your elbow is called your wenis. Who knew?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
uno, 11/25/2012 8:52:02 AM (No. 9032837)
This sounds closely related to Sniglets, words that aren´t in the dictionary, but should be.
Flabalanche What happens when a fat guy loosens his belt
Discolexic - a person who likes music by the "Gee Bees"
Purpitation - v. To take something off the grocery shelf, decide you don´t want it, and then put it in another section.
Squalkeenus (skwal ke´ nus) - n. The shock syndrome that comes from biting into a popsicle with one´s front teeth.
Voitlock (voyt´ lok) - n. When the basketball gets lodged between the rim and the backboard.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
wilko, 11/25/2012 8:53:27 AM (No. 9032838)
Check out Sniglets for other names of things you never knew had names. It´s pretty funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TixwF_ywN4A
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dcomd, 11/25/2012 9:35:24 AM (No. 9032890)
My personal favorite is the medical term which describes all those who voter for the ´won´:
Anencephalic.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
planetgeo, 11/25/2012 10:16:26 AM (No. 9032944)
I love the one posted yesterday, kakistocracy...a government selected by a country´s least qualified people.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chumley, 11/25/2012 10:34:55 AM (No. 9032966)
#3, wenis. That is my laugh of the day. I´ve been been calling people that for years. I always used it as an uncomplimentary jab. Who knew it was a real word? Ha!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
pigop, 11/25/2012 11:06:29 AM (No. 9033001)
# 2 word (Vagitus) is not what I thought it was.
Russel Peter´s contribution to the list:
"Onegina" ~ Being married to one woman for life.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
zoidberg, 11/25/2012 11:34:15 AM (No. 9033046)
They mention tintinnabulation, the ringing of bells. They left out Rintintinnabulation, the barking of a German Shepherd.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
braincramp, 11/25/2012 1:07:53 PM (No. 9033189)
Very enjoyable article, and I recognized a few of the names like tintinnabulation and souffle cup.
But when I read #15: Misophonia which is described as ´´Getting mad at someone for eating or breathing too loudly (among other things). It´s also a brain disorder.´´ I was shocked by the recognition that I´ve had a moderate form of that malady since I was a pre-teen! I didn´t know there was a name for it! I did some research and discovered that something I thought was my own strange, embarrassing, maddening quirk (that only my closest family members and husband know about-- well, and now l.dotters) is something that many others experience and struggle with.
You never know what you´re going to learn on Lucianne.com!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Flyright, 11/25/2012 1:14:37 PM (No. 9033198)
No. 11. Hilarious!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
beth, 11/25/2012 1:17:29 PM (No. 9033206)
I passed the list on to my daughter in college who is a creative writing major. Thought maybe she could use some of them.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
papasparky, 11/25/2012 1:52:14 PM (No. 9033250)
A couple of medical conditions found only in an old country doctor´s PDR:
Opticitus - an entanglement involving the optic nerve and the lower intestine resulting in a rather nasty outlook on life. (sometimes described to the patient in more graphic language depending on gender and age)
Sedimentary ferrousis - a middle age malady where the iron in the blood changes to lead and settles in ones buttocks. (very prevalent in middle management vocations)
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
veritas, 11/25/2012 2:04:48 PM (No. 9033260)
I took a few moments off from checking the tightness of my aiglets and polishing my lunules for the article and thread....
Word #9 will shortly be obsolete. The word "Obama" trumps it, of course. "Obama" can replace several other words, too.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
kelty, 11/25/2012 2:29:17 PM (No. 9033294)
The "philtrum" is that little indentation above your lip and below your nose.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
drive, 11/25/2012 2:55:34 PM (No. 9033320)
Except that jamais vu means never seen en francais
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Sully, 11/25/2012 3:34:40 PM (No. 9033362)
Placeboob: any nook, pacifier, thumb or other substitution device meant to trick a baby into thinking he is nursing.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 11/25/2012 3:49:38 PM (No. 9033392)
I really didn`t want to know any of those 27 things. As I go through life my motto has always been: `The less I know - the more free time I have`.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Marilu, 11/25/2012 3:56:19 PM (No. 9033401)
Lucianne still doesn´t want us to us grawlix or even jarns, nittles or quimp since this site is salon and not a saloon...isn´t that right?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Holoholo, 11/25/2012 5:00:58 PM (No. 9033455)
The lines on the inside of my wrist? I always call them the lines on the inside of my wrist.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
veritas, 11/25/2012 5:53:58 PM (No. 9033492)
#21: Indeed. The salon standard is indispensable.
At least no one ruined that by mentioning the uvula -- uh oh....
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
snakeoil, 11/25/2012 6:10:23 PM (No. 9033521)
Is there a word that describes words such as "niggle" which are dangerously close to taboo words?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
kono, 11/25/2012 6:16:11 PM (No. 9033527)
Fun list. Much obliged for the light treat, Lcom staff.
#18 -- Makes perfect sense to me -- what you see everywhere is something that until then you had never seen.
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