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| 16 Names Of Things You Never Knew Had Names |
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| Wednesday, 26 March 2008 | |
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One of the great things about the search for significance and recognition is that pretty much everything has a name. So, when your buddy gets his first bonus check and decides to upgrade his kitchen (or at least talk about it at The Sizzler), and mentions getting curved sink faucets, you can tell him that he loves bibcocks. Tell him after he pays the bill. 1. Aglet: The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. Bibcock: A faucet with a bent-down nozzle.
 3. Brassard: A cloth band worn around the upper arm. It often bears an identifying mark- like the one with a swastika that Hitler wore.  4. Bretelles: A pair of ornamental suspender-tlike straps that go from the belt on the front of a dress over the shoulders to the belt in the back.  5. Duff: The decaying organic matter found in a forest floor. 
6. Harp: The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.  7. Hemidemisemiquaver: A 64th note. (A 32nd note is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.) 
8. Kick or Punt: The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added srength to the bottle, but lessens its holding capacity.
9. Phosphenes: The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically, the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
10. Piggin: A small wooden pail with one long stave used as the handle.
11. Quarrel: A small, diamond-shaped pane of glass, like that used in lattice windows.
12. Sam Browne Belt: A leather belt for a dress uniform. It is supported by a light strap that passes over the right shoulder. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police wear them. 
13. Solidus: The oblique stroke used between words, or in fractions, as 7/8. It is also called a diagonal, seperatrix, virgule, shilling, sland, or slash.
14. Tang: The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
15. Tobies: The small pottery hugs, mugs and pitchers that are used for ale. A toby is shaped like a stout man with a cocked hat, a corner of which serves as the pourer.
16. Zarf: A holder for a handleless coffee cup.  source: The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace
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  written by Lamplighter, May 08, 2008
Lots of people have posted about the harp not being the part that's shown for the lampshade. The piece that IS shown is actually called the 'spider' (imagine a real spider weaving its web).
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written by E. Shaw, April 12, 2008
Suggested corrections:
HARP; what you have pictured is not actually the harp. To see an actual lamp harp, please go to http://www.meteorlights.com/tips.htm TANG: A 'tang' is the protrusion of the steel into the handle of a knife or tool. A lovely graphic of full and hidden tangs in a knife can be seen at http://www.miville-deschenes.c...atomy.html report abuse
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written by andy cutbirth, April 08, 2008
Very useful.A brassard,quarrel,phosphenes.Who'd thunk it .you learn something new everday.Now I can impress my friends with my new found knowledge.
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written by Chris, April 08, 2008
You haven't got "tang" quite right. It's the bit at the end of a chisel blade that holds in in the handle, not just a random projection.
http://www.inthewoodshop.org/2005/chisels/tang.jpg report abuse
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written by Robert, April 07, 2008
I have a suggestion for another: antimacassar. Wikipedia: "An antimacassar is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimacassar
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written by Cansu, April 07, 2008
Actually "zarf" is a Turkish word meaning "envelope", it is used whilst serving Turkish coffee with very thin porcelain cups.
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written by paul, April 05, 2008
Just an FYI about a typo:
"4. Bretelles: A pair of ornamental suspender-tlike straps.." shouldn't have a "t" in front of "like". Sorry, I used to be an editor. report abuse
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written by Zaphod, April 05, 2008
Uhm, "bibcock" is typically used to refer to faucets like the ones to which you attach your hose outside. The flow runs horizontally and then turns down at the end, and thus these types of faucets drain completely when the spigot is turned off. A sink faucet where the pipe goes vertically then bends down? I don't think that would technically be called a bibcock.
And I agree about the tang comments. Hmm, makes you wonder what other words you have wrong here?.... report abuse
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written by ewdin the word nerd, April 05, 2008
I have seen it spelled AIGLET too. though not often
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written by Genious, April 05, 2008
Cool Stuff.
well done. :) report abuse
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written by dimaka, April 05, 2008
Nice holder for a coffee cup :-D
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written by type nazi, April 05, 2008
The solidus is a separate character from the common "slash". The slash commonly found on the keyboard is properly called a virgule.
On another note, someone buy me a life. Fucking typography. report abuse
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written by allan grimshaw, April 01, 2008
Sam Brown Belts were worn by the British Army in the 1st WW, Long before the Canadian Mounties
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written by robertstevenson, March 30, 2008
This reminds me of an article I did on how words enter common usage.http://robertstevenson.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/evolving-language/
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written by dc, March 29, 2008
You haven't actually pictured a harp above. The harp is what that loop in the middle of your picture rests on (or is screwed onto, in most cases).
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written by gfddg, March 29, 2008
aglets, their purpose is sinister.
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written by Chris, March 29, 2008
Re. number 15: When is a toby jug not a toby jug? When the jug only shows a large face (or face and hat) rather than the full length figure; a face-only jug is then called a 'character jug'. (You can tell I watch a lot of antiques programmes on daytime tv, can't you?)
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written by anpadas, March 28, 2008
Very interesting. I like learning new words. :)
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written by Steve, March 28, 2008
That's not the harp of the lamp pictured, it's the shade with the central metal support that sits on the harp.
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written by E-dawg, March 28, 2008
The information about the wine bottles' shape making the bottle stronger is incorrect. The punt is a byproduct of the process used to mold the bottle. However, in champagne bottles, the punt is necessary for extra strength (because the carbonation exerts pressure).
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written by Curtis, March 28, 2008
I always wondered what to call the "lights" I seen when I closed my eyes... thanks!
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written by Larry Dillon, March 28, 2008
I believe the 'Harp" on a lamp is the supports that run from the bulb bast to the round thing (that could use a name) that you list as the harp.
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written by minjin, March 28, 2008
the svatiska is not the nazi symbol !!!!!!! IT's a reverse svatiska that has been used buy the nazis don't get people fooled buy your false information the true svatiska is a very important UNIVERSAL symbol that has been used since centuries and more by kuna people in panama, also in buddhism through all asia. Please correct that information so the people will learn something new; not false. THanks
Please post this comment, it's the first a writting in years ... My reason is that this symbol holds keys to a certain comprehension of the past and do a little research to understand why. report abuse
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written by Magdababe, March 28, 2008
I saw zarf illustrated with a Soho plastic cup and the little plastic holder that holds those cups. (You know, the one with the finger ring, usually bright green, blue or red). You pop the plastic cup into the zarf, drink your coffee, and pop the cup out. I don't know what that illustration is supposed to be--some kind of a ballgown skirt? It certainly doesn't look like something that holds a cup!! Anyway, when you think of zarf, think of Soho cups!!!!! I think it's a GREAT word. Good for balderdash playing. . .
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written by Erik Jonsson, March 28, 2008
This post implies that "hemidemisemiquaver" is the proper name for a 64th note, which is slightly incorrect. That terminology is not used in the US, where it is referred to as simply a 64th note. Therefore, it is not that calling this type of a note a 64th note is incorrect, but rather that there is a dialectical difference between the American and British nomenclature. I would exclude it from this post, as to avoid conflict within the non-musical community who most likely do not know this difference.
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written by gRv, March 28, 2008
have seen such stuff earlier,but u made it cool be adding pics
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written by kurtis, March 28, 2008
names of things you never knew had names. I still have not heard the official name of the oh sh*t handle in cars. What is that things name? And why would you fail to list it here >
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written by Alex, March 28, 2008
Wow, I knew just two of 16...
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written by elbseattle, March 28, 2008
I knew a lot of these words: toby, phosphene, harp and hemidemisemiquaver. Do I get a prize?
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written by Gaius Obvious, March 28, 2008
Philtrum -- the indentation in the center of your upper lip that connects your lip to your nose.
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written by david, March 27, 2008
Very cool list. I think the best part is that if this list were put in front of me in six months I still wouldn't know the name of more than one these thing.
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written by Dustylm, March 27, 2008
Tang is actually (or maybe also) the metal that runs from the tip of the blade through the handle of the knife. If the metal runs all the way to the end of the handle, it is called a "full tang" and is generally considered to be something to look for in high quality knives.
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written by e, March 27, 2008
Your not showing the harp.. Your showing the lampshade. The lampshade mounts to the harp..
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written by Weasel, March 27, 2008
The lamp harp thing is wrong - the harp is the vertical apparatus that holds up the shade, not the little roundy thing on the shade that attaches to the harp. Makes one wonder if duff is really the stuff that Homer makes his beer out of so he can enjoy the Love Bug movie.
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written by subcorpus, March 27, 2008
i knew the first one ...
havn't even heard about the rest ... useless but good info ... hehe ... report abuse
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written by David Dye, March 27, 2008
The picture shown for #6 is incorrect, the bowed brass assembly that attaches below the bulb and supports the shade is the harp. see photo in this link... http://www.antiquelampsupply.c...ToHarp.php
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written by slashy, March 27, 2008
Yes, thank you. It's a slash, not a "forward slash".
Slash and back slash... No such animal as a forward slash. report abuse
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written by mikesan, March 27, 2008
sorry to disagree but tang is the pointed end of a blade or file that goes into the handle and is held there by friction
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written by mercedes, March 27, 2008
very interesting stuff
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