17 Common Things You Never Knew The Name Of

14. Illegible handwriting is called ‘Griffonage’

Did you know that careless handwriting or a crude or illegible scrawl has its own name? It’s called ‘griffonage’. It comes from the French word ‘grifouner’, which means to scribble. Finally you have a name for your doctor’s handwriting. This is one of these things of which you never even knew it had its own name.

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