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Published 17:00 3 Jun 2013 BST
Want to sound like a smarty-pants? You're in the right place.
Get ready for some baffled faces when you start spouting out these literary wonders...
Try a new word out everyday and please, please start with "minmus"...
1. Word: Minmus
Meaning: Your baby toe.
Example: Stop sucking my minmus.
2. Word: Glabella
Meaning: This is the space between your eyebrows.
Example: What a hairy glabella.
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The Apprentice's Alex Mills has a perfectly non-hairy glabella.
3. Word: Lemniscate
Meaning: This is the symbol for infinity.
Example: I want a lemniscate tattooed on my ass.

4. Word: Tines
Meaning: The prongs on a fork
Example: Stick a pea on every tine.
5. Word: Frission
Meaning: The chills when you listen to good music
Example: That frission feels amazing.
6. Word: Zarf
Meaning: Your coffee holder
Example: Don't forget your zarf!
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7. Word: Lacrimal Caruncle
Meaning: The little small pink nodules on the inner corner of your eye
Example: My lacrimal caruncle is very itchy.
8. Word: Phloem Bundles
Meaning: The stringy bits on your banana
Example: The phloem bundles make me gawk.
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9. Word: Dysania
Meaning: The state of not wanting to get out of bed in the morning
Example: I suffer from dysania. Seriously.
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