JUST A SMALL SELECTION of the many thousands of words that have, through no fault of their own, dropped out of everyday use.
Glabella
The space between your eyebrows.
Petrichor
The way it smells after it has rained.
Aglet
The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces.
Warble
The rumbling of a stomach.
Vagitus
The cry of a new born baby.
Tines
The prongs on a fork.
Box tent
The tiny plastic table placed in the middle of a pizza box.
Overmorrow
The day after tomorrow.
Minimus
Your smallest toe or finger.
Agraffe
The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne.
Vocables
The ‘na na na’ and ‘la la la’ sounds in the lyrics of any song.
Interrobang
A typographic device that combines an exclamation mark with a question mark.
Columella nas
The space between your nostrils.
Armseye
The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn.
Dysaria
The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning.
Griffonage
lllegible handwriting.
Tittle
The dot over an i.
Crapulence
The sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much.
Bannock device
The metallic sliding tool used to measure your feet at the shoe store.
