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Do You Know The Names For These Everyday Things?

What's that thingmajig you get when you punch a hole through paper?

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Remee Patel
Remee Patel
BuzzFeed Staff

  1. What is the plastic thing at the end of a shoelace called?

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    plastic tubey wooby
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    lace-end
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    aglet
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    aglet!

  2. What is the little dot you get above lowercase Js and Is called?

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    tittle
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    punt
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    cute lil' dotty dot
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    tittle!

  3. What is the metal band of a pencil called?

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    metal wotsit
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    ferrule
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    tinex
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    ferrule!

  4. What is the ring that holds the face of a watch called?

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    bezel
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    ringlet
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    wotyamacallit
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    bezel!

  5. What do you called the discarded circle of paper you get when you use a hole punch?

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    chad
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    tid
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    paper snow
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    chad!

  6. What is this sign called?

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    obelus
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    caret
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    division sign thingy
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    obelus!

  7. What is the name for the vertical groove under our nose?

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    cupid's bow
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    skin moustache
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    philtrum
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    philtrum!

  8. What is this part of the ear called?

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    tragus
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    ear blob
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    pinnacle
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    tragus!

  9. What are the stringy peels on bananas called?

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    stringy thingy wingies
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    bio-herb<br />tissue
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    phloem bundles
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    phloem bundles!

  10. What do you call the white bit at the base of your nail?

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    lunula
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    white bit of me nail
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    distal
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    lunula!

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