DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS HAD NAMES?

1. The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella.

2. The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.

3. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet.

4. The rumbling of stomach is actually called a wamble.

5. The cry of a new born baby is called a vagitus.

6. The prongs on a fork are called tines.

7. The sheen or light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.

8. The tiny plastic table placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent.

9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.

10. Your tiny toe or finger is called minimus.

11. The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe.

12. The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.

13. When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark (like this ?!), it is referred to as an interrobang.

14. The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.

15. The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye.

16. The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning is called
dysania.

17. Unreadable hand -writing is called griffonage.

18. The dot over an “i” or a “j” is called tittle.

19. That utterly sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.

20. The metallic device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Bannock device.

HOW MANY OF THE ABOVE DO YOU KNOW BEFORE NOW?

Educative

I yaff learnt something today.


op, what is the process by which someone hijacked your FTC called

Informative! especially the la-la, never knew Lalasticlala has a meaning...

wow! so educative. thanks

olatunjithomas:
I yaff learnt something today.

op, what is the process by which someone hijacked your FTC called

it is called "purloin"

the gap between your teeth is called what ? OP

nice

noni14:
the gap between your teeth is called what ? OP

diastema

Nice...

mods, fp pls although it's not BBnaija

Ok.

That "overmorrow "just weak me

Thank you

olatunjithomas:
I yaff learnt something today.


op, what is the process by which someone hijacked your FTC called

The question now is will you remember any of these things some minutes later?

Riele:
That "overmorrow "just weak me

If I use it while discussing with my friends now they'll say I'm proud

Superb!

Informative

Nice thread. Overmorrow is archaic though.

olatunjithomas:
I yaff learnt something today.


op, what is the process by which someone hijacked your FTC called

It is called Jackie chan

Petrichor..
I love Petrichor

gunnersway:

The question now is will you remember any of these things some minutes later?

Exactly.. Thats the problem. Read about "petrichor" few months back but unable to remember just until today

Manuel69:
Petrichor..

I love Petrichor

What again is petrichor. I have already forgotten. Better to describe what you mean abeg. The other party may not even know what you are trying to say.

hardbody:


What again is petrichor. I have already forgotten. Better to describe what you mean abeg. The other party may not even know what you are trying to say.

Hahahaha.

Petrichor, that smell after water must have hit a very dry ground

Manuel69:


Hahahaha.

Petrichor, that smell after water must have hit a very dry ground

Lol. Thanks man. I will ask you again in a week's time.

hardbody:

Lol. Thanks man. I will ask you again in a week's time.

Hahahaha. I pray I remember. Lol

i love it. It's relly educative I am a sicience student and most of the things here is beneficial to me.

Lalasticalala, come and take this one to Frontpage. I have learnt the world overmorrow.
The cry of a new born baby is vagitus. The baby came from the vagina and was struggling to communicate which is tussle. Vagina + tussle = VAGITUS.
If it's through operation the baby was born. It will be BELLYTUS. Too much sense will not kill me.

jossiwan:


it is called "purloin"

@Op your head dey there!

Complicated

The gap between thread and FrontPage is called illuem

highly educative!

i have seen this before in a group chat