Unusual Names Of Common Things (25 pics)

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The cardboard sleeves on to-go coffee cups — Zarf

2

The small piece of metal between the pencil and the eraser — Ferrule

3

The chart for an eye test — Snellen chart

4

The long strips on a peeled banana — Phloem bundles

5

The plastic or metal ends of shoelaces — Aglets

6

The vertical groove between the nose and upper lip — Philtrum

7

Little nubs on the surface of a ping pong paddle — Pips

8

#Hashtag or pound symbol — Octothorpe

9

Fork’s prongs — Tines

10

The strips between window frames — Muntins

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The outer part of the pizza’s crust — Cornicione

12

The empty space between the bottle top and the liquid — Ullage

13

The white, crescent part at the root of the nail — Lunula

14

The armhole in clothes — Armscye

15

The swoosh sound of ballgowns or movement of silk — Scroop

16

The space between the thumb and forefingers — Purlicue

17

The symbols used to replace profanity — Grawlix

18

The triangular skin in the corner of the eye — Lacrimal Caruncle

19

A small, wave-like dab of toothpaste — Nurdle

20

Illegible handwriting — Griffonage

21

The side of the hammer not used for hammering — Peen

22

The smell after the rain — Petrichor

23

The space between nostrils — Columella