ɪnðə fˈæʃən ʌvðə dˈeɪ, pˈɔɪnsɑːt kˈɔɪnd ðə tˈɜːmz pˈɑːlhoʊd ænd ɪts kˈaʊntɚpˌɑːɹt, hˈɜːpəlhˌoʊd, tə dᵻskɹˈaɪb ðɪs wˈɑːbəl ɪnðə mˈoʊʃən ʌv ɹoʊtˈeɪɾɪŋ ɹˈɪdʒɪd bˈɑːdiz.
In the fashion of the day, Poinsot coined the terms polhode and its counterpart, herpolhode, to describe this wobble in the motion of rotating rigid bodies.