English words used in daily life conversation
Every day we point out or refer to a lot of things that we don’t really know what they should be called.
Here are some lesser-known words for everyday things.
Aglet: The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces.
Agraffe: The cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne.
Armscye: The armholes in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn.
Aspergillum: An implement used for sprinkling holy water in religious ceremonies.
Blatherskite: A person who talks at great length without making much sense.
Brannock Device: The metallic device used to measure your feet at the shoe store.
Cantillate: To chant or intone a passage of religious text.
Chad: A piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole.
Columella Nasi: The space between your nostrils.
Crapulence: That utterly sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much.
Dysania: The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning.
Glabella: The space between your eyebrows.
Griffonage: Unreadable handwriting.
Interrobang: When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark (?!).
Inunct: To apply ointment to someone or something.
Lactarium: A dairy.
Minimus: Your tiny toe or finger.
Overmorrow: The day after tomorrow.
Petrichor: The way it smells after the rain
Phosphenes: The sheen or light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them.
Sternutator: Something that causes sneezing.
Tines: The prongs on a fork.
Tittle: The dot over an “i” or a “j”.
Vocables: The ‘na na na’ and ‘la la la’ which don’t really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song.
Vagitus: The cry of a newborn baby.
Wamble: The rumbling of the stomach
