atocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoI'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageI'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?media.kbin.socialatocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI’m too old to know what Phineas and Ferb is, but when I was young I used to love knowing obscure words like: The indent between your upper lip and your nose is called the philtrum (more commonly known now because of piercings The recess on the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt. The infinity symbol (like a sideways 8) is a lemniscate The cap on the pointy end of an umbrella, or any other tubular thing (including a pencil) is called a ferrule The space between your eyebrows is your glabella Etc. Anyway, aglet was one of those. I was always so happy when I had an opportunity to use one (“Oh, man, my aglet broke!”).
minus-squarewaz@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoBut are you old enough to remember Tom Cruise discussing them in the film Cocktail? (in the cinema on the original release‽ )
I’m too old to know what Phineas and Ferb is, but when I was young I used to love knowing obscure words like:
The indent between your upper lip and your nose is called the philtrum (more commonly known now because of piercings
The recess on the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt.
The infinity symbol (like a sideways 8) is a lemniscate
The cap on the pointy end of an umbrella, or any other tubular thing (including a pencil) is called a ferrule
The space between your eyebrows is your glabella
Etc. Anyway, aglet was one of those. I was always so happy when I had an opportunity to use one (“Oh, man, my aglet broke!”).
But are you old enough to remember Tom Cruise discussing them in the film Cocktail? (in the cinema on the original release‽ )