Aglet. Thanks Phineas and Ferb!
50 0 ReplyDon't forget it
4 0 ReplyTerraria for me
3 0 ReplyTerraria made me think they were some sort of instrument because of how it looked.
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I'm too old to know what Phineas and Ferb is, but when I was young I used to love knowing obscure words like:
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The indent between your upper lip and your nose is called the philtrum (more commonly known now because of piercings
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The recess on the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt.
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The infinity symbol (like a sideways 8) is a lemniscate
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The cap on the pointy end of an umbrella, or any other tubular thing (including a pencil) is called a ferrule
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The space between your eyebrows is your glabella
Etc. Anyway, aglet was one of those. I was always so happy when I had an opportunity to use one ("Oh, man, my aglet broke!").
41 0 ReplyAnd the infinity symbol is likely related to the analemma, the shape the sun traces out over the course of a year.
6 0 ReplyThese are awesome! Thanks
5 0 ReplyThe cardboard ring around a coffee cup is called a Zarf
5 0 ReplyAnother fun one: the # symbol is an octothorpe
4 0 ReplyBut are you old enough to remember Tom Cruise discussing them in the film Cocktail? (in the cinema on the original release‽ )
4 0 ReplyWell, it came out when I was 26, but I don't think I saw it.
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Aglets.
25 0 ReplyAglets, and it’s 100% due to Phineas and Ferb
23 0 ReplyA-G-L-E-T
8 0 ReplyDon't forget it!
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Telomeres for your shoestrings
17 0 ReplyI like you
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Aglet. Not Phineas & Ferb. Terraria.
16 0 ReplyI personally don't know what they're called but to my cat that's called food.
15 0 ReplyAglets
13 0 ReplyAglet - phineas and ferb
12 0 ReplyAglets. Terraria my beloved.
10 0 ReplyAglet - Jimmy Neutron
10 0 ReplyEasy. The 80s and older crowd will know this from some inherent eldritch knowledge or have no idea. But everyone else will know this from Jimmy Neutron.
scrolling through the comments, seeing Phineas and Ferb everywhereI'm only in my mid twenties. Y'all need to stop making me feel old.
10 0 ReplyI know it from an Archie comic I read in the 90's
6 0 ReplyI know it from Justice League Unlimited.
2 0 ReplyI watched Jimmy Neutron, but I guess I never saw (or maybe just never processed) that episode.
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Aglet. Another shout-out to Phineas and Ferb.
10 0 ReplyOP, they’re obviously called aglets.
Didn’t Phineas and Ferb teach you anything?
9 0 ReplyExactly the point I'm trying to prove 😉
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Aglet. Archie comics did a bit on them, that's where I learned
9 0 ReplyAglets.
And their true purpose is sinister.
9 0 ReplyWhat's their true purpose?
4 0 ReplyTHAT is... The Question. https://youtu.be/QkEBvqaXXHc
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Shoes.
Shoes, with the Aglets of the laces resting upon them.
9 0 ReplyAglet. Thanks phineas and ferb!
8 0 ReplyI got it from simpsons lol
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🎶 A, G, L, E, T, Aglets! Don't forget it 🎶
^^^One word at a time^^^
8 0 ReplyAglets. Learned that from Phineas and Ferb.
7 0 ReplyFerrule
6 0 ReplyFerrule is the round metal thing the aglet goes through
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I knew a kid once who said when he grew up that he wanted to be the guy that puts the aglets on shoelaces.
I don't know what ever happened to him, but I like to think he found his calling in shoe plastics.
6 0 ReplyShoes? Maybe Reeboks?
Edit: I am appalled by how many people know the term aglet.
5 0 ReplyThis is the result I was hoping for
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Aglets.
Laces.
Sneakers.
5 0 ReplyAglets, if you’re talking about the ends on the laces, and please update why you’re asking lol
5 0 ReplyMy thinking is that the aglet is a well known word these days, but if you were to poll a group, it would be mostly younger people who know what it is. Because of Phineas and Ferb.
I'm glad so many people responded and most people got it right! But, I'll have to do a real poll to figure out if there's any actual correlation here, and also account for the fact that people who know what it is were more likely to answer than those who don't.
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Aglets. Their true purpose is sinister.
5 0 ReplyA picture of a shoe, with laces, which have plastic aglets on the ends.
5 0 ReplyCeci n'est pas une aglet
3 0 ReplyC'est deux aglets.
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These are Aglets. I didn't look it up, i watched Phineas & Ferb as a child.
5 0 ReplyThey're aglets. I believe Phineas and Ferb is a cartoon, but I've never seen it.
5 0 ReplyI misremembered it as eglet, and I probably learned it from uncle John's bathroom reader because I am old.
5 0 ReplyWhoa, hold on now... I'm not old, and I shit through atleast 4 edition's of Uncle John's bathroom readers in my pre and early teens
5 0 ReplyLol I thought it was oglet. We were so close!
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I only know they are aglets thanks to "Repossessed!" Fantastic spoof of The Exorcist with Leslie Neilson and Linda Blair (from the original). Blair played Nancy Aglet and fought possession again. They made a joke about her name that got the word weirdly stuck in my brain. "We've tried everything the devil hates. Sex, drugs, rock and roll..."
5 0 ReplySaw a post here recently about a 'reverse exorcism,' in which the devil tries to get the priest out of the child.
3 0 ReplyOh my... lol. Not sure if I could handle that one, maybe as a gag bit in a larger comedy/parody...
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Not the reasoning I would have expected, but interesting nonetheless
3 0 Reply(during a wrestling match between the priest and the possessed woman)
"You know, Mean Gene, professional wrestlers don't use steroids anymore!"
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Lace tips??
4 0 ReplyI believe there was a book in the 80s called Sniglets that made up words for things and this was one of them. I didn't remember what it was called. Any or all of this memory could be wrong.
4 0 ReplyAll words are made up
2 0 ReplyMost of them were not made up recently, and in a book of words made up for that book.
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What, the shoes?
4 0 ReplyAglets. Can't remember where I learned the word.
4 0 ReplyYou wanna maybe use a red circle mate?
4 0 ReplyTheir true purpose is sinister.
3 0 ReplyPlastic thingies on laces
3 0 ReplyToo damn close to the camera for my liking.
3 0 ReplyI was gonna say "tongle dongles"
3 0 ReplyPoints for creativity
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Shoe string condoms.
3 0 Replyi wanna say, egglets?
2 0 ReplyI give you half-credit for the misspelling, but pretty much correct
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Shoelaces.
2 0 ReplyTechnically correct, how about the things on the tip of them?
2 0 ReplyI now know its an aglet, but my initial guess would have been "shoelace tip". xD
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Breathable shoes. @atocci
2 0 ReplyIf you've seen "Cocktail", they're flugelbinders.
2 0 ReplyI watched phineas and ferb in german so it is 'Pinke' for me.
2 0 ReplyFids
1 0 ReplyCould this be why they implemented the velcro sneaker?
1 0 ReplyI'm guessing lanclets? I can't remember.
1 0 ReplyAglets, but according to Tom Cruise in Cocktail, they're Flugelbinders
1 0 ReplyShoelace tips
1 0 ReplyAglet. Phineas and Ferb, homie.
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