I'm going to tell you the name of some
things you know of but didn't know they
had names let's talk about that good
mythical morning thanks for joining us
today this episode is brought to you by
words you didn't know not really because
we're not being paid by words that you
didn't know are you ready to learn some
words here's the thing there's there's
things out there all the time
that are part of what is this product
placement yes doing it real at what
really subtle real subtle at what point
are you gonna decide to listen to me I'm
listening I'm just doing product
placement we talked about this ahead of
time I'm going to point at the mug as a
drink there are objects in every day
you're going to have to stop there are
objects in everyday life that we just
don't know that they have names so we
call them things like thingamajig yeah
or thingamabob it's what I use my mom
called the television remote the whimmy
doodle for the longest time can you
believe that I don't know where that
name came by parents called it the
channel thing the channel thing yeah
well it's called a remote and that's not
one of the 15 words and I'm gonna take
you through now here's where's a channel
thing I'm going to give you the term of
something that you know about but you
didn't know that this term was applied
to it make sense and then you're gonna
guess what the term applies to and then
once you get it wrong I'm going to tell
you what it really applies I'm gonna try
to give you the definition of a word and
then you go tell me what it really means
exactly I'm gonna get a lot of these
right okay because I know a lot see we
got now I've got my little bitty laptop
here you can't cheat by looking at my my
notes here I don't need a cheat I turn
number one luenell what do you think
that is Rhett this is a zit that you get
from standing outside during a lunar
lunar eclipse loon I got a little
luminol luenell but right there I stood
outside too long and turny like there's
a little luminol I got a pop it no but
it is a body part so you were at least
that close it is the Crescent
shaped bit thing at the base of your
fingernail term number two glabella
glabella
what is that well like the flagella
which is the appendage that a bacteria
uses or bacterium uses to locomote this
is a an oft overlooked appendage a
little smaller
it's like you would see my glabella if
it weren't for my flagella I wish that
were it but that's not it it is the
space between your eyebrows the glabella
yeah or the space underneath your
unibrow a tittle that's a third nipple
that's amazing you've heard of this vid
mmm that's right
yeah gotta get my tittle removed it's a
little embarrassing no it is not that it
is a dot over an eye or a J like a small
distinguishing mark yeah za r f-- zarf
is an especially violent or long
distance projectile vomit it's like do
you see yeah he's our 40 feet and he
must be really sick I thought you were
gonna guess like the name of an alien I
mean if I was gonna write a screenplay
with an alien is his name will be czar
it is like an alien when you zarf it's
an it's an alien's projectile vomit yeah
let's combine the two no it is the
cardboard holder for your coffee cup
like paper coffee cup at a Starbucks
it's not a called Azure so that's got a
cardboard thingy Zolder next one frisson
what's a frisson this is a sort of a
half-hearted very fast frisking he kind
of gave me a frisson
he seemed like he didn't care what I was
about the contraband on my body just
gave me a little frisson no this is the
sudden passing sensation of excitement
goosebumps a shudder of emotion oh I get
that all the time chills
yeah like when you're hearing for some
when you're hearing a song and you get
chills like when Mariah Carey hits that
note read that happens to me
every Christmas usually the frisson it's
also a reddit feed where people just
post things that will make you frisson
next one
petrichor never heard of this one use
some word clues you're Petra means rock
is the middle of a rock there's no it
it's not Co re @ CH o AR it's that
pleasant smell that accompanies the
first rain after a long route I love
petrichor mmm I'm gonna make can you
make that a Cologne petrichor I've got
on petrichor yeah we could do that rhett
and Link present that's good and I love
a rain that's real good right that damn
trick off here's another one interrobang
this may be my favorite term on the
whole thing this is easy this is when a
large group of people breaks you with
questions I've been interrobang people
came up interrobang me and I had to give
them the answer no it is a punctuation
mark it is the combination of a question
mark in an exclamation point
superimposed on top of each other you
know how when you say something like you
did what question mark exclamation point
well there was actually a type I mean
there was a typeset letter that was the
combination of the two huh invented in
1962 that's good to know and it's fallen
out of use I'm gonna use it more often
now interrobang it's also a great name
of a band that doesn't exist yet we can
form a band called interrobang and then
sell a cologne called petrichor next
word Farrell Farrell how do you spell
this and that's f Farrell it's like a
cat it's like a cat it doesn't have a
home nope f double r UL e feral the
feral
this is an especially sophisticated
feral cat nope is the metal part on the
end of a pencil next word paresthesia
this is when Paris no longer moves you
you've been there so many times I've
developed paresthesia now this is the
sensation you feel after you experience
AAB Dormition huh AAB Dormition when
your arm falls asleep you haven't heard
of obdurate either no and you really you
really need to help it
so paresthesia is the pins and needles
feeling that you get after your arm
falls asleep okay I think it makes more
sense to what I said it was well it is
that's not true next one WOM bolt that's
who we grew it with Badgett wampa Holley
Womble they're the Wombles a good family
no with it with an A
w8 mble distant cousins of the Wombles
nope it is a verb for when your stomach
stomach your stomach Rumble Mar stumble
when your stomach growls that's its
wombling okay die Sanya Dasani ax de
Sonya yeah this is an underground adults
only thing at Disney World
baby hey listen I got tickets to Dasani
just me and you baby yeah
the kids could get all day up there on
it's a small world and we're going to
Dasani I wish that were true
no it is the state of finding it hard to
get out of bed in the morning oh okay I
have that all the time at it this
morning if you go to de Sonya yeah
actually when you spend a night in
designing one night way Sonya yeah
phosphene what is phosphine mean this is
someone who's addicted to fuss well
what's Foss I don't know but if someone
is a phosphine it is the phenomenon
characterized by the experience of
seeing light without light actually
entering the eye you know when you like
close your eyes it really quick you can
still see stuff yeah phosphine you're
seeing phosphenes pearly Q this is
pearly q mm-hmm is a South Pacific dish
consists of barbecue made exclusively
from pearls no it is the space between
the thumb and the forefinger this is the
pearly q right and up come on you get
that does have a name to more philtrum
philtrum mm-hmm philtrum
this is the act of giving Phil a haircut
no you just you just being stupid now
you're not even trying
it is the groove located just below the
nose and above the middle with all these
body parts man right here the philtrum
everybody's gotta me so - zone philtrum
right there and lastly mondegreen this
is obviously a color it's green with a
little Maundy in it a mondegreen is a
misheard lyric oh when you think
something's like you think tiny dancer
is Tony Danza yeah yeah don't go around
tonight it's bound to take your life
there's a bathroom on the right that's a
mondegreen
yeah no one thinks that he didn't
actually he didn't actually excuse me
while I kiss this guy yeah that's a good
that's a mondegreen
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hard-of-hearing grandpa you seemed
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you seem real are you talking to me
you see yes I'm talking to you you seem
really fond of this mug are you talking
to me yes I'm looking at you can you not
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before when you want to look nut let me
know that it's me you're talking to you
got to grab my face another day I'll sit
down in the car and Link says what is
that Cologne
because it just gave me it gives it
gives me an instant headache