The names for things you never knew had names....

[GeordieSkydiver 0]

Rowel: the revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs

Columella: the bottom part of the nose that separates the nostrils

Saddle: the rounded part on the top of a book of matches

Ophyron: the space between your eyebrows

Rasceta: the creases on the inside of your wrist

Purlicue: the space between the extended thumb and index finger

Nittles: the punctuation marks designed to denote swear words in comics

Ferrule: the metal band on the top of a pencil that holds the eraser in place

Peen: on a hammer, the end opposite the striking face

Obdormition: when an arm or a leg "goes to sleep" as a result of numbness caused by pressure on a nerve

Keeper: the loop on a belt that holds the end in place after it has passed through the buckle

Armsate: the hole in a shirt or a sweater through which you put your hand and arm

Lee _______________________________

In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy?
http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk

[tigerclaw 0]

Hmm,
Nittles. I wonder if that's an "industry" term, or one for us Non-comic writing layman, too?

[kallend 1,651]

borborygmi - the growling noises your intestines make.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Bouda 0]

thingamagig= anything that has a name that you just can't think of

Look what i made at work today mom!! Put it on the fridge
http://www.bouda.moonfruit.com

[kallend 1,651]

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thingamagig= anything that has a name that you just can't think of

Framistan = any critical part of a machine whose name you don't know. As in "Hey Ernie, check the framistans aren't overheating or this baby's gonna blow".. See also "humgrummets"

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[SpeedRacer 1]

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Peen: on a hammer, the end opposite the striking face

A friend of my sister-in-law likes to refer to a penis by its first syllable: a "peen"

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[SpeedRacer 1]

uvula: the thingy that hangs down in the back of your throat

and what about names that people have invented?? Like the word; "Wussification" (ie, the Wussification of America)

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[craichead 0]

One of my favorites:

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/



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"Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC)

[piisfish 135]

the suprasternal notch... just ask Rosa, she can explain it...

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[GeordieSkydiver 0]

Eeeeeeeewwwwww dude, no need...

Lee _______________________________

In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy?
http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

http://www.unwords.com/unword/musquirt.html

Musquirt
1. (n.) The water that comes out of the initial squirts of a squeeze mustard bottle.

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you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me....
I WILL fly again.....

[SpeedRacer 1]

from the same site:

fagnostic (fg-ns'tk)
1. (n.) One who refuses to admit they are gay or lesbian, even though everyone else around them knows that they are.

faux-flatulance (f-flch'-lns)
1. (n.) The fart-like noise a chair makes after moving it, causing your friends to accuse you of farting no matter how many times you say it was the chair.

sexile :.

sexile (sk'sl')
1. (v.) To be banished from one's dorm room as a result of one's roommate engaging in sexual activity. As in: "I've been sexiled."

stupicide (st'p-sd')
1. (n.) An act or instance of unintentionally killing oneself by exhibiting lack of better judgement and thus attempting a stupid stunt, such as trying to jump off a roof and land in the pool, due to the quality or state of being stupid, dense, dumb, obtuse or thick.

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