33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

1. AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
3. CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
4. COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
5. DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.

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I knew what an aglet was already, aren’t I clever :)

Anyone know any other hardly used words? I’ve quite interested in Lexicology and Etymology. is endlessly fascinating.

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2 Responses to “33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names”

  1. Stephen Says:
    December 13th, 2006 at 11:25 am

    I thought no.4 was a philtrum until I realised which bit of the nose it was talking about.

    BTW philtrum has an interesting etymology -

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philtrum&oldid=93968903

  2. Gary Says:
    December 13th, 2006 at 11:57 am

    hmm very interesting, wikipedia is such a great resource!

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