The Smell After Rain | Things We Didn't Think Had Names

Ahoy!

I have just realised how book-centred my blog has been and that it is not how I want it to be! I wanted it to be a nice mix of things because I appreciate that not everyone has the same interests as me and so I am doing something different for this weeks blog! 

Did you know that the lovely, earthy smell after it has rained is called petrichor? It has a name! I thought it was just one of those things that didn't have a name - it was just... there. Turns out I was wrong. 

This got me thinking about the other things that we didn't think had a name. I researched them and now... I have listed of some of my favourites!

Aglets

The plastic or metal bits at the end of your shoelaces

Barm

The foam on top of beer

Muntin

The strip that separates window panes

Arms Akimbo

When you (or someone else) has your/their hands on your/their hips

Semantic Satiation

When a word is said so much, it loses meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning meaning.. meaning... meaning. Meaning. 

Zarf

The cardboard cupholders you get in coffee shops so you don't burn yourself

Nevus

A birthmark

And finally because here at TheDonkeyInvasion we love donkeys...

Pass of Asses

A group of donkeys!

Do you know any more? Then please let me know in the comments!