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!”).
And the infinity symbol is likely related to the analemma, the shape the sun traces out over the course of a year.
But are you old enough to remember Tom Cruise discussing them in the film Cocktail? (in the cinema on the original release‽ )
Well, it came out when I was 26, but I don’t think I saw it.
These are awesome! Thanks
The cardboard ring around a coffee cup is called a Zarf
Another fun one: the # symbol is an octothorpe
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Aglet. Thanks Phineas and Ferb!
Don’t forget it
Terraria for me
Terraria made me think they were some sort of instrument because of how it looked.
I kinda gathered that they were part of a footwear because they’re part of the boots upgrade, but yeah, I had to look up the term afterwards
Aglets, and it’s 100% due to Phineas and Ferb
A-G-L-E-T
Don’t forget it!
Aglets. Terraria my beloved.
Aglet. Thanks phineas and ferb!
I got it from simpsons lol
Aglet. Another shout-out to Phineas and Ferb.
Telomeres for your shoestrings
I like you
Aglets.
Aglets
I personally don’t know what they’re called but to my cat that’s called food.
Aglet. Archie comics did a bit on them, that’s where I learned
Shoes.
Shoes, with the Aglets of the laces resting upon them.
Aglet - phineas and ferb
What, the shoes?
OP, they’re obviously called aglets.
Didn’t Phineas and Ferb teach you anything?
Exactly the point I’m trying to prove 😉
