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Top 10 Everyday Things You Didn’t Know Actually Had Names
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Yes, actually, there IS a name for that! For this list, we’ll be looking at common occurrences, items, or sights which are usually referred to in slang-like or descriptive terms, but which actually have official names, like aglet, nurdle, and girffonage! WatchMojo counts down the Top 10 Common Things You Didn’t Know Had Names.

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10. Aglet
9. Nurdle
8. Griffonage
7. Aphthong
6. Lemniscate
5. Petrichor
4. Armscye
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10 COMMENTS

  1. The line through the lowercase T is called the “jot,” which is why doing something thoroughly will mean you have gone through “every jot and tittle.”

  2. Hey WatchMojo, I got another entry for you:
    Do you know that the set of spikes on a tail of a Stegosaurus and related dinosaurs is called a “thagomizer”

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