12 little-known names for things that everyone knows

Sometimes we don't even have a clue that nameless phenomena and sensations that are simple and understandable to everyone have special names. Most, if not all, of these terms are borrowed from other languages, but it is still interesting to know that the smell of wet earth after rain and the hungry rumbling in the stomach have their own name. We suggest that you expand your linguistic range a little and learn twelve interesting words.

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Petricore is the smell of earth after rain.

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Eglet is a metal or plastic tip of a lace that facilitates its insertion into shoes.

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Lunula is a "crescent" at the base of the nail.

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Natiform — natural formations, including trees, rocks, stones, vegetables and fruits, resembling the female body and its parts.

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Mondegrin — incomprehensible words in songs.

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Phosphenes are spots of light that can be seen if you close your eyes and press your eyelids with your fingers.

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Kollivubl — rumbling in the stomach from hunger.

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A punt is the lower part of a wine bottle with a thumb recess.

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Lemniscata is the sign of infinity.

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Dysania is a condition in which it is difficult to get out of bed in the morning.

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Interrobang — simultaneous use of question and exclamation punctuation marks.

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Defenestration — throwing someone out of the window.