What's the word for...

Fairly certain this has been done before, but in this thread, people can ask other people what the specific word is for a term that they know has a word, but they can't find themselves. As I have one now, I'll start.

What's the word for...the part of your hand right at the base of your palm, just above the wrist? The part that presses hardest against your head during a Face Palm.

edited 5th Dec '10 6:18:37 PM by burinnu

The carpals?

edited 5th Dec '10 6:19:50 PM by CTrombley

Pretty sure that's the heel of your palm.

Wrist?

Yep, I'd call that the heel of your hand.

Palm heel, as in the palm heel strike (which is almost a trope unto itself) where you smash the target's nose into their brain (almost impossible to do, by the way).

What's the opposite of "ironic"? Best I can figure is "apropos"?

Many people are confused about irony such that they will say something is ironic when actually it is the exact opposite. As in, "I fell down the apartment stairs and landed at the feet of an off duty paramedic on his way up. How ironic is that?"

What's the opposite of "ironic"? Best I can figure is "apropos"?

Gratuitous French, but it does seem to fit. I can't think of anything better.

What are those little concrete rectangles at the front of parking spaces called? The ones that are supposed to stop cars from pulling forward?

Parking bollards, I think, though that is a very UK-centric term.

They seem to call them 'parking blocks' or 'wheel stops' or something similar in the trade. At least, I got a bunch of google results for that when I searched. I'm not sure whether there is a common, non-technical name for them in the US.

I recall listening to a radio show where the guest was fluent in Inuktituk (eskimo).

He was asked what his favorite word was, and while I don't remember the word I remember the definition: your state of mind as you watch something changing.

Fascinating.

Thanks, Balrog and Morven. I've got more to go on than I did before, so you were helpful.