Things You Never Knew Had Names

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW HAD NAMES

• Petrichor: the way it smells outside after rain.

• Purlicue: the space between the thumb and forefingers.

• Wamble: stomach rumbling.

• Glabella: the space between your eyebrows.

• Lunule: the white, crescent shaped part of the nail.

• Nurdle: a tiny dab of toothpaste.

• Barm: the foam on a beer.

• Rasceta: the lines on the inside of your wrist.

• Overmorrow: the day after tomorrow.

• Minimus: your little toe or finger.

• Zarf: the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup.

• Dysania: the state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.

• Collywobbles: butterflies in your stomach.

• Griffonage: unreadable handwriting.

• Paresthesia: that “pins and needles” feeling.

• Morton’s toe: when your second toe is bigger than your big toe.

• Brannock device: the thing they use to measure your feet at the shoe store.