50 Funny Words That You Didn't Know Existed

    50 Extremely Common Things You Never Knew Had Extremely Random Names

    You're going to be a Scrabble champ after reading this.

    1. Nurdle: a tiny dab of toothpaste.

    toothpaste on a brush

    2. Zarf: the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup.

    cardboard coffee sleeve

    3. Tittle: the dot over an "i" or a "j."

    Information sign

    4. Phloem bundles: those long stringy things you see when peeling a banana.

    banana

    5. Aglet: the plastic coating on a shoelace.

    A close-up shot of the hand of a woman with red nails holding a shoelace aglet

    6. Philtrum: the groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips.

    lips of a man

    7. Paresthesia: that "pins and needles" feeling.

    tv static

    8. Groak: to look at someone, silently hoping they'll give you some food they're eating.

    Bernese Mountain Dog - hangs out in her house waiting to go for a walk.

    9. Crapulence: that sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much.

    Photo of Senior man with stomach pain

    10. Wamble: stomach rumbling.

    Businessman holding his stomach in pain

    11. Vagitus: the cry of a newborn baby.

    baby crying

    12. Crepuscular rays: those visible rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky.

    sunset

    13. Glabella: the space between your eyebrows.

    Wrinkles on face

    14. Petrichor: the way it smells outside after rain.

    field of wet grass

    15. Semantic satiation: what happens when you say a word so much it loses meaning.

    Young women having a good time and hanging out, at youth hostel with bunk beds

    16. Natiform: something that looks like a butt.

    potato butt on decorative plate

    17. Pizza saver: the table in the middle of a pizza box.

    pizza holder

    18. Lunula: the white, crescent-shaped part of the nail.

    fingernail

    19. Cornicione: the outer part of the crust on a pizza.

    pizza with tomato and mozzarella

    20. Minimus: your little toe or finger.

    Woman's leg hurts, pain in the foot, massage of female feet at home

    21. Desire path: a path created by natural means, simply because it is the "shortest or most easily navigated" way.

    mud line to the left of a path

    22. Lemniscate: the infinity symbol.

    infinite symbol in 3d on orange background

    23. Purlicue: the space between the thumb and forefingers.

    hand

    24. Ferrule: the metal part at the end of a pencil.

    metal part at the end of a pencil

    25. Overmorrow: the day after tomorrow.

    circled date on a calender

    26. Collywobbles: "butterflies" in your stomach.

    Isolated emotional portrait of a man with curly brown hair. He grabbed his head in amazement, bulging eyes and looking into the camera

    27. Nibling: the gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew.

    family

    28. Snood: the fleshy thing around the neck of a turkey.

    turkey

    29. Morton's toe: when your second toe is bigger than your big toe.

    woman's toes

    30. Dysania: the constant inability to get out of bed in the morning.

    man in bed

    31. Defenestrate: to throw out a window.

    Man is being hit by moving boxes being thrown out the window. RM

    32. Tines: the prongs on a fork.

    Side Shot of a Silver Colored Fork Against White Background.

    33. Phosphenes: the lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them.

    cool pattern

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

    inside of the wrist

    35. Punt: the indent at the bottom of a wine bottle.

    back view on wine bottles with colorful drink

    36. Quincunx : the name of the pattern on the five side of a die.

    37. Agraffe: the wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne.

    wine cage

    38. Columella nasi: the space between your nostrils.

    nose

    39. Armscye: the armhole in most clothing.

    man with his arms raised

    40. Griffonage: unreadable handwriting.

    doctor scrawls unintelligibly

    41. Mondegreen: misheard song lyrics.

    Woman covering ears while teenage girl sings

    42. Octothorpe: the pound (#) sign.

    HashTag sign shown on yellow background

    43. Muntin: the strips separating window panes.

    dog looking out a window

    44. Snellen chart: the chart you look at when you take an eye exam.

    eye chart

    45. Obelus: the division sign (÷).

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

    shoe measurer

    47. Scurryfunge: the time you run around cleaning frantically right before company comes over.

    woman cleans

    48. Gnurr: the lint that collects in the bottom of your pockets.

    lint

    49. Butt-load: a unit of measurement, roughly equivalent to 126 gallons.

    lots of gallons

    50. Tmesis: when you separate parts of a word for effect.

    Example: "I AM GOING TO ASBO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY BE THE BEST SCRABBLE PLAYER ON THE PLANET NOW!"