25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

• 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 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.