Results: Please Pass The Thingamajig, Which Is Right Next To The Whatchamacallit
Published on 07/24/2016
Whether you call it a thingamajig or whatchamacallit, most of us either can't remember the name or never knew the name of many things we use everyday. For example, what is the name of the little lump of flesh in front of the ear canal? Now I know it is called the tragus, but only after hearing about someone getting a piercing in this part of their body.
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How many of these did you know the correct name for?
Aglet -- the plastic covering on the end of the shoelace
24%
321 votes
Columella -- the bottom part of the nose that separates the nostrils
6%
76 votes
Drupelets -- the bumps on raspberries
6%
85 votes
Ferrule -- the metal band on the top of a pencil that holds an eraser in place
12%
156 votes
Keeper -- the loop on the belt that holds the end in place after it has passed through the buckle
11%
149 votes
Knew none of these
61%
829 votes
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How about this set of words. How many did you know the correct name for?
Pips -- the little bumps on the surface of a ping pong paddle
8%
113 votes
Purlicue -- the space on the hand between the extended thumb and index finger
6%
78 votes
Ulage -- the empty space between the bottle top and the liquid
5%
72 votes
Vibrassae -- a cat's whiskers
5%
62 votes
F-Hole -- The 'S' shaped opening on a violin
10%
130 votes
Knew none of these
75%
1007 votes
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And finally this last set. How many did you know the correct name for?
Muntin -- the strip separating panes of a glass in a window
5%
65 votes
Griffonage -- careless or ineligible handwriting
5%
66 votes
Rasceta -- the lines on the inside of the wrist
6%
76 votes
Snellen Chart -- the standard eye exam chart
8%
110 votes
Caruncle -- the triangular, pink areas at the corner of your eyes
6%
85 votes
Knew none of these
77%
1044 votes
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When my children were young, if we did not know a word, we would make up a word and use it whenever we talked about that particular thing. To this day, we still refer to the red fleshy part underneath a chicken's neck as a "wobbly", even though we have since learned it is actually called a "wattle". Did you ever do this either as a child yourself or with your children? All the time
12%
158 votes
With a few words
33%
442 votes
Never
34%
462 votes
N/A was never a child/do not have children
21%
288 votes
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