Sunday, December 10, 2006

33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

AgletHere are a few:

1. AGLET
The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.

 7. FERRULE
The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.

14. KEEPER
The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.

17. MINIMUS
The little finger or toe.

20. OCTOTHORPE
The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.

33. ZARF
A holder for a handleless coffee cup.

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