I'll go first.

Interrobang:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang

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Aglet. The plastic piece at the end of a shoelace

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W.W.S.D. what would Scooby Doo

doodle sack:

Or: doodle-case , the vagina . Archaic container metaphor coined in the 19 th century England as a counterpart for doodle , the penis.

This one came up a few weeks ago: Spalting. It's when wood becomes naturally colored by fungus. A woodworker I know was telling me about a project he was doing and said he was using spalted wood for some of it. I was like huh? Never knew there was a term for that.

I first learned of spalting when I had this guitar made of "spalted" mahogany.
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> I first learned of spalting when I had this guitar
> made of "spalted" mahogany.


That's one nice lookin guitar.

cultrivorous



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Another one I can think of: Newel

A newel is the larger, sometimes decorative, post at the foot of a staircase handrail.

When I was a kid my grandmother would say stuff like "Go put this on the newel so I remember to take it upstairs later." I don't think I've ever heard anyone else use that word, but I always knew what it meant.

WHAT'S A DICK FUR ?

the little swinging ball in a bell is called a clapper.

A vegetarian that eats fish is called a pescatarian.

eesh Wrote:
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> A vegetarian that eats fish is called a
> pescatarian.


Duh..

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> A vegetarian that eats fish is called a
> pescatarian.


A girl that will fuck eesh is called a miracle!

mullions

The wooden framework between the panes of a window.



If you have old-fashioned wood framed windows, you probably have real mullions. THe windows in my house are modern vinyl and have fake decorative mullions in between two panes of glass for better insulation.

"lentil"....right above a window in a brick house.

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> "lentil"....right above a window in a brick house.


It's "lintel". The horizontal span between support posts.

Lentils are tiny round beans (i.e. Lentil Soup).

How about bung?

Stanchion. I still call them "things with rope" because I have yet to meet anyone who calls it/they by its/their proper name.

Pinhead the Cenobite Wrote:
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Plug hole?..How about it

Another one I've learned over the past few years: mirepoix

It's what you get when you chop onions, carrots, and celery. Ya know, the base you start for soups, stew, stock, etc. A holy trinity of good cooking, good enough for its own name. Pronounced "MEER-pwahh".


MIREPOIX
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> Another one I've learned over the past few years:
> mirepoix
>
> It's what you get when you chop onions, carrots,
> and celery. Ya know, the base you start for
> soups, stew, stock, etc. A holy trinity of good
> cooking, good enough for its own name. Pronounced
> "MEER-pwahh".
>
>
> MIREPOIX


I learned that "holy trinity" thing from a friend recently.

Good stuff.

But it's something that all cooks use regularly. I can remember chopping up onions, celery, and carrots since I was a kid. Chicken noodle soup, cacciatore, thanksgiving stuffing, beef stew: it's used in many things. I never knew it had it's own name until a few years ago. The term is used alot in Cajun recipes where it's expected you know what "mirepoix" is.

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> I learned that "holy trinity" thing from a friend
> recently.
>
> Good stuff.

Smorgasbord - Just say buffet.

snorkel box - a mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their car.


http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/snorkel_box/

yeefuckinghaw

I mentioned this before:

futtock.

A "pottle" is half of a gallon.

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Felch

Acronyx - ingrown nail.

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> Stanchion. I still call them "things with rope"
> because I have yet to meet anyone who calls
> it/they by its/their proper name.
>

I still call them "those things we can jump over".

Masticate

BagODonuts Wrote:
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everyone knows that means "to chew"

i never realized my grandpa named a large mole on his back. it was called tootsie because it looked like he had a chocolate roll stuck there.

octothorpe - the name for the # sign on a keypad/board.

yeefuckinghaw

The part that secures a shade to a lamp and also at the top of flagpoles is called...

a finial.

Can we touch on acronyms in this thread? Everyone knows SCUBA.... but I didn't realize LASER was an acronym for a large portion of my life...

RADAR...

I know there was one that I just heard that totally blew my mind... I never realized it was an acronym...

I can't remember it... You guys know any acronyms that most people don't realize are acronyms?

Signatures are for fags

alf

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> > Masticate
>
>
> everyone knows that means "to chew"

But it just feels so good. I can't help myself. Three times a day just isn't enough. Sometimes on the way to work. Always in the theater. Or, maybe just a random street corner. Can't stop thinkin about it now. Gotta go...

Boot: While having numerous definitions one which is not too well known is the concave area beneath a bottle or can.

Tonsillolith - those whitish/yellowish foul smelling nuggets that you cough up sometimes. aka tonsil turds. If you've ever had one, you know what I'm talking about. The worst smell on earth. The human body is really disgusting when you stop and thing about it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith

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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Another one I can think of: Newel
>
> A newel is the larger, sometimes decorative, post
> at the foot of a staircase handrail.
>
> When I was a kid my grandmother would say stuff
> like "Go put this on the newel so I remember to
> take it upstairs later." I don't think I've ever
> heard anyone else use that word, but I always knew
> what it meant.
>
>

Those vertical spindles extending down from the railing are call balusters.

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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.

man, that is nasty. On a related note, there is rheum - more commonly known as eye boogers.

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> Tonsillolith - those whitish/yellowish foul
> smelling nuggets that you cough up sometimes. aka
> tonsil turds. If you've ever had one, you know
> what I'm talking about. The worst smell on earth.
> The human body is really disgusting when you stop
> and thing about it.
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith

peavy: An implement consisting of a wooden shaft with a metal point and a hinged hook near the end, used to handle logs.


And here I thought a Peavy was an electric guitar amplifier...

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Another one I can think of: Newel
>
> A newel is the larger, sometimes decorative, post
> at the foot of a staircase handrail.
>
> When I was a kid my grandmother would say stuff
> like "Go put this on the newel so I remember to
> take it upstairs later." I don't think I've ever
> heard anyone else use that word, but I always knew
> what it meant.
>
>

Actually, builders tend to refer to it quite a bit - as do building contractors. However, outside of that community - you're just about spot on, nobody really refers to the ol' staircase post as a newel post.

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> TheMeeper Wrote:
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> > Another one I can think of: Newel
> >
> > A newel is the larger, sometimes decorative,
> post
> > at the foot of a staircase handrail.
> >
> > When I was a kid my grandmother would say stuff
> > like "Go put this on the newel so I remember to
> > take it upstairs later." I don't think I've
> ever
> > heard anyone else use that word, but I always
> knew
> > what it meant.
> >
> >
>
> Actually, builders tend to refer to it quite a bit
> - as do building contractors. However, outside of
> that community - you're just about spot on, nobody
> really refers to the ol' staircase post as a newel
> post.

You're spot on too. The last person I heard refer to it as a "Newel", was the guy who always works on our house. I have heard some older folks in the family call it that, but I always knew it simply as a "Post" at the end of the banister.

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SAP (Sad and Pathetic)

POSH (Portside Out Starboard Home, referring to the boat trip to India from Britain)