nurdle
n.— «I put down a nurdle (a precise measurement, somewhere between “a little” and “a skoshe”) of the green stuff, make a little crater in it and put in some Testors liquid cement.» —“Re: Plastic Model Putty—is there a good one?” by Bob Buxbaum Usenet: rec.models.scale Dec. 20, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Secret signals on the job: Waitresses at some 19th-century restaurants ensured speedy drink service by communicating with a non-verbal code. One server took orders, then placed each customer’s cup to indicate exactly what the customer wanted...
The word nurdle, sometimes spelled nerdle, can be used to denote various “small bits of things,” such as styrofoam packing material or detritus in one’s pockets. It may be related to the word nodule. Like thingamabob and whatsit...