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Do You Know These Things Had Names? by jossiwan(m): 6:49am On Dec 21, 2019
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.

21. The process whereby a Nairaland member hijack FTC is called purloin.

HOW MANY OF THE ABOVE DO YOU KNOW BEFORE
NOW?

Mods please FP

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Richiez
Fynestboi

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Skyfornia(m): 6:59am On Dec 21, 2019
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by PrincessB1(f): 7:49am On Dec 21, 2019
Interesting
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by mohd001: 9:14am On Dec 21, 2019
hahab. The hole inbetween female laps is called ocean of money

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by TingSpace: 9:45am On Dec 21, 2019
Oga stop confusioning me the one I know is enough for me
As they no teach me for school e mean say I no go need am
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by chariisGRACE(m): 9:50am On Dec 21, 2019
Educative
Thanks Op

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Nobody: 10:55am On Dec 21, 2019
I actually believed the list till I got to the last one. No. 21.
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by blessedchild234(m): 12:44pm On Dec 21, 2019
front page..mods note this need be there as you can accertain its quite educative and enlightening too.
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Sabby1(m): 1:23pm On Dec 21, 2019
mohd001:
hahab. The hole inbetween female laps is called ocean of money

Must you always expose your insensibility

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by ImmaculateJOE(m): 2:39pm On Dec 21, 2019
Over morrow.

Nice one
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by ImmaculateJOE(m): 2:41pm On Dec 21, 2019
Over morrow.
The day before yesterday is called ereyesterday.


Nice one

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by kluivertngong: 2:56pm On Dec 21, 2019
Wow, Interesting! I Never Knew Any.
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Higgies(m): 3:29pm On Dec 21, 2019
ImmaculateJOE:
Over morrow. The day before yesterday is called ereyesterday.

Nice one
Na abba Morro you go see

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by ruggedtimi(m): 3:35pm On Dec 21, 2019
having wamble in my stomach
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Tonymegabush1(m): 4:41pm On Dec 21, 2019
Nice one....


No. 9 though "overmorrow" you will hear ppl saying next tomorrow

Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by EzePromoe: 5:59pm On Dec 21, 2019
The love for snake threads is called lalasticity. cool

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Nobody: 6:00pm On Dec 21, 2019
Skyfornia:
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin

LOL

This may actually get into the approved lexicon overmorrow...

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Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Amstupid(m): 7:02pm On Dec 21, 2019
Stupid thread angry
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Emestar1999: 7:10pm On Dec 21, 2019
Overmorrow grin grin
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by cheechee1(m): 7:38pm On Dec 21, 2019
This is good OP.
-
Let me add this one. . .
The day before yesterday is called EREYESTERDAY
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Nobody: 7:46pm On Dec 21, 2019
Hahahaha... Cant stop laughing

Skyfornia:
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Nobody: 7:51pm On Dec 21, 2019
No. 17 belongs to the medical doctors. Very annoying!
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by 21savages: 11:05pm On Dec 21, 2019
I'll be needing this word grin
OverMorrow
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Slimguy0(m): 11:25pm On Dec 21, 2019
Very educating but if I begin to think of remembering them my head will be headache me grin grin
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by phyya(f): 12:05am On Dec 22, 2019
Skyfornia:
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin
I just can't stop laughing grin
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by kennyjam: 12:09am On Dec 22, 2019
swallow my pride and learn





nice OP

Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by lilmarley: 4:07am On Dec 22, 2019
That OVERMORROW tho lipsrsealed



Say that shit to an average Nigerian and they'll be looking at you like grin

Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by Roon9(m): 5:43am On Dec 22, 2019
Skyfornia:
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin


OmG!
Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by leonard002(m): 6:29am On Dec 22, 2019
Skyfornia:
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin

Re: Do You Know These Things Had Names? by BankyGee(m): 10:05pm On Jan 14, 2020
Skyfornia:
Nice one...the sound 'gbim gbim' that you felt in your heart when you touched your pocket and realized your phone is gone is called...egba mi o. shocked grin
Just kill me grin

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