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you know what i mean.. the word for the re-enforced tip of a shoelace.. the name of the small valley -between the upper lip and nostrils..the term for the fold in the skin of the upper eyelid, common in people from asia..
you know the sort..
like chalaza--the technical term for the rope like membrane you find in realy fresh eggs.. that keeps the yolk centered.. (you've all seen that rope like membrane.. have you every thought about what is was called?)
supple the correct words for the first few suggestions. add more..
we all have favorite little words, words that detail our lives..
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aglet... philtrum... epicanthus too easy; next? 
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and your favorite-(is it one of those, or some other odd little word?) goodness knows, there are enough odd little words..
it wasn't a game.. and since aglet, philtrum, epicanthus have all been discussed.. to post them is a sort of yart.. is this it? we've exhausted the list of odd little words in english? at a count of 4?
no one has any?
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You trying to ruin every future game of HogWash®?
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Well, of troy, here are some everyday words for everyday things we might take for granted. Not exactly what you had in mind for unusual-sounding words, but these are fun to think about, too:
I like the name for the individual plates on a turtle's shell--and their various names depending upon where they're located on the carapace, which I also like--but I know you all already know that one fersure.
There are two t-words for the parts of the umbrella at the outmost stretching points: one that fits over the other one that the secures the stretch, both beginning with a 't'.
Parts of the hammer head? Human/animal names: the top, the lateral side, the flat front that hits what's being hammered, and the back part that looks like a double metal pony tail. Each of these has the name of a feature of an animal--most mammals would qualify.
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I just had my bike tuned up, and the awesome and ever informative BikeMobile guy told me that the little thingies covering the connections of the spokes onto the rim are called nipples. My question: what are they called in German? Same as live nipples (which translate as breast warts)? Maybe wsieber knows.
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Holy smokes! Am I ever lazy, and not too observant. I was sitting here quite comfortably with my feet propped up on a book on top of my desk. It's my German-English dictionary!!!! So I looked it up, and I'm guessing the answer is Nippel, which isn't quite as exciting as Brustwarze.
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...which isn't quite as exciting as Brustwarze.Not to burst any bubbles here, but, nothing should be *as exciting as calling them "breast warts". Nothing. 
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To a plumber, a nipple is a piece of pipe, relatively short, with male threads on both ends.
And I just happened to wonder--why is a plumber called that?
I know about plumb bobs and plumb lines to make things plumb
square--but those aren't solely related to water pipes, in and out.
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I think that plumber may relate to the lead with which they used to work, back in the mad old days when plumbers worked with lead pipes.
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