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The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella and the vertical groove that runs from the top of your upper lip to the base of your nose is called the philtrum.

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I didn’t know this, but now I do. Learning new words is fun.

Let’s continue.

The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.

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I didn’t know there was a word for this, no less a chemical formula.

And thanks to the wonders of language?

The plastic or metalic coating at the end of your shoe laces is called an aglet.

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But I’ve saved the best for last…

The rumbling of a stomach is called a wamble.

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I wamble every now and then, and now that I have the correct term to describe it I shall be announcing the fact to all those in close proximity.

Life is good.

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27 thoughts on “Did you know…”

  1. Me me! I knew aglet. And, I’ve been doing tai chi lately where we massage the eyebrows and the space between the nose and the upper lip, but seeing as how my tai chi master has Spanish as her first language and often uses whatever dialect of Chinese is appropriate for certain body parts, I have no idea what she’s saying. Now I know it in English, though! Or, I will when I go back to the post and read it again. 🙂 good words!

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  2. Did not know any of these. Not sure when I’ll be able to use them. “Marshal Dillon shot the gunslinger right in the glabella.” Doesn’t have the same ring as “between the eyes.”

    PS, WordPress thinks that’s misspelled. It’s recommending “Labeled”

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      1. There used to be a kids’ show on the BBC called the Wombles of Wimbledon Common. The were like little subterranean teddy bear people who collect interesting trash. My little sisters loved them. Cee Tee probably remembers them too.

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  5. Aside from wamble, which I experience a lot, I knew these but then I’ve been a crossword puzzle person since I was a kid. Aglet is a word that always makes me smile because of my association of it with my father – long story there. Petrichor is a lovely word – somewhere in my files I have a series of images that an artist did of unusual but evocative words – petrichor was one of them.

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  8. I wrote a post about petrichor a few years ago after moving to Arizona. When it rains here it smells delicious from creosote. It was a new word for me then. The rest of your words including wamble are new to me!

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  11. I love new words, too. I immediately wondered about the adjectival form of the first three words. Here are my best guesses: Glabellar (Glabellar wrinkles were evident when she was stressed.), Philtrumic (His philtrumic hair was very sparse, indeed.), Petrichorius/ious (The petrichorius/petrichorious scent made her nostalgic for home.) What do you think?

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