Names of things that you just didn't know.

[Thankyou4calling]

Tying up my boots and the lace end had frayed, made it difficult to thread. Brother pipes up "The aglets are worn" sure enough a quick google reveals that the little thing at the end of a shoelace has such a name. Sad I know but anyone have other hidden gems?

[MGZRod]

Had to explain at work what a gooch was to a 50 year old lady.

Awkward.

[Kiltie]

I wanted one of those fabric sausage shaped things which are open at each end with elastic and a hanging loop and you push old carrier bags in the top end and pull them out the bottom end as you need them ...

... but I didn't know what they were called or where to buy them ...

... and the man at customer services in Dunelm Mill didn't know either.

[Kiltie]

Sorry, I think I picked up the intent of this thread arse about face.

[Carthage]

I like 'salanders and malanders'.

[Thankyou4calling]

MGZRod said:

Had to explain at work what a gooch was to a 50 year old lady.

Awkward.

What is it ?

[markmullen]

Carthage said:

I like 'salanders and malanders'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxA0QVGVEJw

[mickk]

I used to use a thin bar at work, until I realised you could buy a 'Podger'

[steveatesh]

Merkin.
Used by actresses who want to retain their modesty or have to do a full frontal on an old fashioned drama when the natural look was all there was, but have a modern "hair style"

Probably not good to google at work

I filed that for pub quiz question, but it's never been asked yet sadly!

[Kiltie]

Thankyou4calling said:

What is it ?

Perineum / barse.

[AtWork]

I'm sure I was told once that something wedged under a table leg to level a wonky table, usually a folded beermat, is called a Ludlow. No idea whether that's correct.

I do like the word 'tine' meaning a fork prong.

[mister_ee]

AtWork said:

I'm sure I was told once that something wedged under a table leg to level a wonky table, usually a folded beermat, is called a Ludlow. No idea whether that's correct.

Ludlow is a made up word from the Meaning of Liff, a book by Douglas Adams about made up nonsense words, some of which have actually started to be used

[NotStig]

Gunt. If it's not in the Oxford English Dictionary, and I suspect it may not be, can we start a petition to get it there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ul8V2JYtk

[VoziKaoFangio]

Thankyou4calling said:

Tying up my boots and the lace end had frayed, made it difficult to thread. Brother pipes up "The aglets are worn" sure enough a quick google reveals that the little thing at the end of a shoelace has such a name. Sad I know but anyone have other hidden gems?

I have always called these things "floogle binders", as that's what Tom Cruise's character calls them in the execrable 1980's schlock film "Cocktail", which is not a guilty pleasure of mine. Oh no, not in the slightest.

[tribbles]

mister_ee said:

AtWork said:

I'm sure I was told once that something wedged under a table leg to level a wonky table, usually a folded beermat, is called a Ludlow. No idea whether that's correct.

Ludlow is a made up word from the Meaning of Liff, a book by Douglas Adams about made up nonsense words, some of which have actually started to be used

Actually, it's a book about place names from around the world which they tried to make into everyday words by adding meanings to them. The words weren't made up.

One I remember:

Pitlochry - place: http://www.pitlochry.org/; MoL meaning: the noise made when you suck the last dregs from the bottom of a milk shake.

[_Deano]

steveatesh said:

Merkin.
Used by actresses who want to retain their modesty or have to do a full frontal on an old fashioned drama when the natural look was all there was, but have a modern "hair style"

Probably not good to google at work

I filed that for pub quiz question, but it's never been asked yet sadly!

I was under the impression that these needed to be worn by ladies that have a shaved sponge; if the later was true, then the film could be classed as a p0rn.
This was when Spartacus: Blood and Sand was first shown and Viva Bianca did her unrobing.

[monthefish]

Thankyou4calling said:

MGZRod said:

Had to explain at work what a gooch was to a 50 year old lady.

Awkward.

What is it ?

I think the pertinent question is why was he explaining this to a a 50 year old lady?

[Snowboy]

_Deano said:

steveatesh said:

Merkin.
Used by actresses who want to retain their modesty or have to do a full frontal on an old fashioned drama when the natural look was all there was, but have a modern "hair style"

Probably not good to google at work

I filed that for pub quiz question, but it's never been asked yet sadly!

I was under the impression that these needed to be worn by ladies that have a shaved sponge; if the later was true, then the film could be classed as a p0rn.
This was when Spartacus: Blood and Sand was first shown and Viva Bianca did her unrobing.

A merkin is just a pubic wig.
They have been around since Victorian times, and probably earlier.

When, how and why they are used in film I have no idea.

[Hooli]

Snowboy said:

_Deano said:

steveatesh said:

Merkin.
Used by actresses who want to retain their modesty or have to do a full frontal on an old fashioned drama when the natural look was all there was, but have a modern "hair style"

Probably not good to google at work

I filed that for pub quiz question, but it's never been asked yet sadly!

I was under the impression that these needed to be worn by ladies that have a shaved sponge; if the later was true, then the film could be classed as a p0rn.
This was when Spartacus: Blood and Sand was first shown and Viva Bianca did her unrobing.

A merkin is just a pubic wig.
They have been around since Victorian times, and probably earlier.

When, how and why they are used in film I have no idea.

George Bush junior always said he was proud ta be a m'erkin...

[Vocal Minority]

steveatesh said:

Merkin.
Used by actresses who want to retain their modesty or have to do a full frontal on an old fashioned drama when the natural look was all there was, but have a modern "hair style"

Probably not good to google at work

I filed that for pub quiz question, but it's never been asked yet sadly!

I went to school with someone whose last name was Merkin.

True story.