Ten Whatchamacallits And Their Real Names


	Ten Whatchamacallits And Their Real Names
Bluephoenix4
10-9-2007 11:59 PM
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10-11-2007 1:23 AM
Aqualung1000
Quite informative!!
10-11-2007 1:44 AM
ratilfar
Saving this one.
10-12-2007 9:06 PM
ljsdesign
cool
10-12-2007 10:43 PM
constantskeptic
great one, this will be top ten clips soon
10-13-2007 4:05 AM
pallavs
funky
10-13-2007 12:03 PM
Lifestar
Thx Bluephoenix4
10-13-2007 8:02 PM
00kayi00
"Philtrum: The vertical groove between your lip and nose that separates your left and right mustache, unless you’re Hitler, then it’s the part that your mustache covers."

...lol.
10-13-2007 10:47 PM
grammydjb1
Really interesting!
10-14-2007 9:23 AM
Jaycer17
Wow! The only one I knew was the tragus. Funny how you spend your life never thinking about some things, and when you do it's such a serendipitous moment. I love it!
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Some of them, you even use. The least you could do is know their names!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P><SPAN class="litem">1. Aglet</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/4FFA4277-DA43-42F6-8E30-1A388D073F94" alt="66472 0-3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P><SPAN id="more-3194"></SPAN><SPAN class="litem">2. Bollard</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/CE614C75-BF01-4277-990C-CAE1C7B53A7B" alt="Steel-Bollards" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P>The posts in the parking lot let that lets wheelchairs and shopping carts go through, but not your car.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><SPAN class="litem">3. Dingbat</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/9FF5B1BA-6461-4D0A-AEE7-4DD584D5C83B" alt="66472-10-Tm Copy" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P> Non-alphanumeric, non-punctuation characters, usually used when you want to write something that you don’t want your children to read.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P><SPAN class="litem">4. Ferrule</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/A7EED0DF-0677-4A4E-9EDF-126CE14C6797" alt="66472 4" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><SPAN class="litem">5. Keeper</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/251F3744-85B0-4CD1-8DF6-33BC53B196C2" alt="66472 5" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><SPAN class="litem">6. Kerf</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/668B679B-0D04-40CD-BD15-42497099091F" alt="Kerf" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P>The groove made by a sawblade, ie, the width of a cut.  In the image above we see a 2.5 micron kerf.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><SPAN class="litem">7. Punt, or Kick</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/743F1D90-09CC-4367-9090-5EC5975326E2" alt="66472 8" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P> The small indentation at the bottom or a <A href="http://amazon.com/gp/product/B000CODVT6?ie=UTF8&tag=jamifrat-20&link_code=em1&camp=212341&creative=384049&creativeASIN=B000CODVT6&adid=875e28e0-248c-4dcb-b19c-45673e36d054" target="_blank" id="amzn_cl_link_1" name="B000CODVT6" linkindex="47">wine bottle</A>, designed to give the bottle extra strength, and also, to make it look like it has more wine than it really does</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><SPAN class="litem">8. Philtrum</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/C2FDFAA5-5B7A-4C9B-AB0E-4087F260AC48" alt="66472 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P> The <A href="http://amazon.com/gp/product/B0002LXTYQ?ie=UTF8&tag=jamifrat-20&link_code=em1&camp=212341&creative=384049&creativeASIN=B0002LXTYQ&adid=aa0910dc-e506-40b4-9daa-eb561ea48a77" target="_blank" id="amzn_cl_link_2" name="B0002LXTYQ" linkindex="49">vertical groove</A> between your lip and nose that separates your left and right mustache, unless you’re Hitler, then it’s the part that your mustache covers.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><SPAN class="litem">9. Phosphenes</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/FC2B277E-30CB-4F7D-B582-E06A7D67B2E8" alt="66472 9" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P>The points of light that you see behind your eyelids when you shut your eyes really hard.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><P><SPAN class="litem">10. Tragus</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/ten-whatchamacallits-and-their-real-names/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/B2D40D12-731E-4C22-8619-FBFAE8DE6914" alt="66472 3" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ACA259FE-A448-49CD-809F-4C3C132EDD64/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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