You know everything has a name, right?

[Bretrick]

Even the tiny plastic tube on the end of your shoe laces. - Aglet
When we use symbols instead of writing swear words, (@*!#*&!) - Grawlix
The space between your eyebrows - Glabella
The smell of rain as it hits hot, dry ground - Petrichor
Illegible Doctors writing - Griffonage
The bit at the end of a pencil that holds the eraser - Ferrule
That thing you use to dot a lower case i - Tittle
Beer foam is called - Barm
The warmth of the sun on a cold day - Apricity
The five dot pattern on a dice - Quincunx
Thought you would like to know these terms

 

[CallMeKate]

That "hangy ball thing" at the back of your throat.... uvula.

 

[Tish]

Thank you for those tidbits.

I still refer to things I have no idea about as the thingamajig and the thingamabob.

 

[officerripley]

Illegible Doctors writing - Griffonage

So prevalent too!

 

[Jules]

Thank you for those tidbits.

I still refer to things I have no idea about as the thingamajig and the thingamabob.

I heard a media doctor on a podcast say that these are terms that women use. It’s time for me to use a grawlix to repeat what I said to him. *&$^()!!!!

 

[Jane_Name]

Even the tiny plastic tube on the end of your shoe laces. - Aglet
When we use symbols instead of writing swear words, (@*!#*&!) - Grawlix
The space between your eyebrows - Glabella
The smell of rain as it hits hot, dry ground - Petrichor
Illegible Doctors writing - Griffonage
The bit at the end of a pencil that holds the eraser - Ferrule
That thing you use to dot a lower case i - Tittle
Beer foam is called - Barm
The warmth of the sun on a cold day - Apricity
The five dot pattern on a dice - Quincunx
Thought you would like to know these terms

Cool! "Quincunx" comes up in David Foster Wallace's epic novel "Infinite Jest." It is used to describe the arrangement of five landscaped trees. It would be an awesome Scrabble word!

 

[helenbacque]

Ort - a tiny bit of something such as the snip of a loose thread.

 

[Jane_Name]

Ort - a tiny bit of something such as the snip of a loose thread.

A useful Scrabble word, one i've played many times. It's in "Infinite Jest" too, by David Foster Wallace.

 

[helenbacque]

A useful Scrabble word, one i've played many times. It's in "Infinite Jest" too, by David Foster Wallace.

Another useful scrabble word is qiviut. Yes, there is no u. It is the wool from the under fur of a musk ox. You’re welcome.