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O/T - 25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

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  1. Matster

    Matster Well-Known Member
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    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.

    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.


    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.
     
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    26. grockle

    the west counry's name for a holidaymaker. you are all welcome


    27 cack handed

    left handed
     
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    28 A Simpson. Someone who blames everyone else for their own inadequacies. Used to be known as a Dexter for those old enough to remember.
     
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    ksd am i right in thinking this is connected with cricket
     
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    Correct. Lord Edward when he was England team supremo.
     
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    i am old enough to remember leonard hutton as captain when shrews were in 3rd div north, now that is old, he was followed by peter may, colin cowdrey now i am stumped. did lord ted follow cc
     
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    I actually got Len Hutton' s autograph when he once visited Wem. May, Cowdrey then Dexter and later again Cowdrey captained England with Tom Graveney and Brian Close among others intervening.

    Final day of the 1961 Ashes Test at Old Trafford, I went to watch Shropshire v Middlesex schools at London Road. We heard that there was an exciting run chase with England heading for victory spearheaded by a rapid Dexter innings. Decided we could not miss this, so headed back to watch it on the box only to find the last pair together and Richie Benaud eventually spinning the Aussies on to retain the Ashes.
     
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    whilst at school in ludlow i went on a school trip to worcester in april 1953 to watch worcester v aussies. i met peter west and brian johnson but sadly not ew swanton. peter west introduced me to gloria swanson, but i was more interested in the cricket. the aussies had a great team and we were lucky to win the ashes, or we had a great team as well. i recall the aussies had lindsay hassett, harvey, burge, keith miller, lindwall etc. happy days
     
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    Hassett was the captain in 53 and I remember watching the winning match at the Oval on the box. Saw Neil Harvey bag a pair on the same day at the Old Trafford test in 56. We were allowed to sit on the grass in those days and Keith Miller spent most of the tail end of the England innings fielding right by us.

    Peter Burge I encountered in Christchurch, New Zealand whilst he was a match referee. He was struggling to open the gate into the pavilion and his words to me were "Can you help a dumb Aussie?" which I was happy to do. Sadly all the names you mention are no longer with us.

    AJ, I am surprised that Peter West did not introduce you to his wife, Mae.
     
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    sadly no, he died only a few years back, he had a delightful cotswold cottage in the village of daglinworth not far from cirencester
     
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