Ignorance cannot be bliss all the time. Today when I was surfing the net, I came across a question which set my brain cells ticking! The question went thus, “What to call that groove above your lip?” And I found myself scratching my head! I wondered why it never occurred to me before. To satiate my inquisitiveness, I decided to Google it! (Who else!) And lo, I just tumbled on to an entire list which answered such seemingly simple questions for which no one had the answer!
To say the least, I was thrilled to learn the new words and was nodding all the way, because the questions were so familiar and related to our daily routine in some way or the other. At times, we tend to ignore the minute things, wherein lies the greatest details.
So here is the list from Webster dictionary for you to enjoy. I am sure you will be amazed!
Aglet : the tag covering the ends of a lace or point
Armsaye : the armhole in clothing.
Escutcheon: a protective or ornamental plate around a keyhole
Ferrule : the knob on the far end of an umbrella
Keeper : the loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle
Lemniscate : the infinity symbol (I learnt this in my Math books !)
Liripipe: the long tail on a graduate’s academic hood
Lunule : the whitish mark at the base of a fingernail
Minimus : the little finger or toe
Philtrum : that vertical groove above your lip
Punt : an indentation at the bottom of a molded glass bottle
Tittle : the dot over i or j (My English teacher never told me this ! )
Tongue: a movable pin in a buckle that passes through a hole in the strap to be secured
Vamp: the part of a shoe or boot that covers the front of the foot
That was some real enlightenment and I am glad I got to learn some new words, although i would never address a shoe as ‘vamp’ ! 
Honestly I knew nothing from that list. Good “words of the day’ collection
Me too
i’d seen this on Merriam Webster yesterday and then quizzed everyone at home about the words
Hmmmm…. You could simply have asked me!
Philtrum is indeed the groove over your lip where hair is less, and is generally kept bare, unless you want to impersonate Mr. Chaplin!
It is the area where, to make things simpler, the two sides of your upper jaw (and the lower part of your nose) meet (and fuse) as you develop in the womb.
When they do not meet, it may result into a defect called as ‘cleft lip’ or even ‘cleft palate’ if it also involves the nasal area.
Anyway, in humans it seems to serve no function…. other than to accumulate sweat and partition the moustache!
You want some more wierd-sounding names?
Read Human Anatomy.
And try to find out how many muscles, in the human body, have the name ‘minimi’ or ‘minimus’ in them.
An assignment for you, Mrs. Priya!
P. S.:- THAT was the most ‘unglamorous’ ‘vamp’ I have ever heard of!
Gosh doc, that was a hell lot of information! Thanks…And yes, i may write a new post based on your suggestions
Interesting, still I\’ve came accross one completely opposite blog post the other day
I am feeling so un-educated after reading this list.
me too:) I never knew they even existed
Its a nice post but not so informative.
Just wanted to let people know that such words exist
Quite a collection!! Reminds me of Reader’s Digest Vocab test!!
God! I never knew all of this, thanks for sharing. This one is worth keeping with. Would torture my brother with these questions.
I am glad you found it interesting
Interesting read
Will try and impress my 10 year old niece when I meet her for dinner 
Cheers!
I’m a vocab freak too..but somehow I’ve never come across these words..I always make use of ‘that thing ‘ while referring to them..:P
Thanks for sharing this..
Welcome rinaya
I knew only a few of those! I always thought ‘tittle’ is a very appropriate word for that dot!!
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Anyway, I love looking up words! Great post
Thanks Priya
thanks for increasing my knowledge though I don’t think I would be able to retain half of them..
You have a great amalgam of posts making it pleasurable for readers to come again and again..
Thanks a lot rachit….Glad you liked it, although i am not a pro yet! “)
now this was damn bad…it makes you feel so dumb, not even one of it i knew..
I am so sorry for that
Thank you for making me feel so uneducated
but I have an excuse: English is not my mother tongue.
Something came to mind: When I was visiting my native Holland one time, I was trying to come up with the Dutch word for the English word “pothole” and couldn’t. I said to my brother, “what is the word for a hole in the road when the tarmac wears away?”
He considered that for a minute and shook his head. “We don’t have those here.”
No wonder I couldn’t come up with the word. Hurray for good roads in Holland
Lucky you Miss Footloose! We have plenty of potholes in India! Looks like every kid on the block here might know a few synonyms for that …:)
Wow. I think I need to go back to school perhaps as that list made English seem a mystery to me!
It was a pleasant surprise! Thanks for stopping by!
Its a nice post and great write up on this topic. I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
you’ve got a terrific blog here! would you prefer to make some invite posts on my blog?
Sure would love to!! Let me know on my email : priyafrenz@gmail.com
Good points
My vocabulary is suffering an inferiority complex now..!
Same here!
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Right on!
Actually the indentation above the lip is the forgetting spot when souls are reborn into new bodies. It’s where a finger of some sort says, “Shhhh…” And then the person forgets. Most do. If the indentation is large, the forgetting is large.
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I think I knew 4 words prior to this, from that list.
But no taking credit away from you!
Nice one!
Thanks for dropping in Aravind
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