25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

There are so many things out there that we deal with or see everyday, but have no idea what they are called. This is a list of 25 ridiculous real names for 25 everyday items.

• 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. Limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit.

• 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, and the pointless handle above.

• 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 way 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.