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What are some little-known or old-fashioned names for everyday things or actions?

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Here’s a sampling. As usual, some of these words have alternate meanings …

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Agraffe
A hook and loop fastening, like on a bra. Or on armor

Book-bosomed
Walking around with a book all of the time

Borborygmus
A rumbling tummy

Cacography
Bad handwriting or spelling

Fimble-famble
A weak, unconvincing excuse

Glabella
The space on your face between your eyebrows

Librocubicularist
Someone who enjoys reading in bed

Nurdle
The blob of toothpaste squeezed out on the toothbrush

Pandiculation
You know that big, satisfying, full-body stretch ones takes after waking up? This is that

Sitzmark
The indentation in the snow left by a skier who has fallen backwards

Snaste
Been burning lots of candles for the holidays? This is the used, blackened part of the candle wick

Snoozle
Cuddling

Spinach
A messy, overgrown beard. See: all those under-helmet faces in the hockey playoffs

Throttlebottom
A person in public office who is useless but harmless (🤞🏽)

Tittle
The wee dot over the letters i and j

Zarf
The cardboard sleeve that goes on your hot drink

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