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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread shoelace tips #7999 10/15/2000 4:35 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1 Ontario, Canada AnneSchultz stranger AnneSchultz stranger Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1 Ontario, Canada Can someone please give me the word for the plastic tip on the end of a shoelace? Thanks, Anne Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: shoelace tips #8000 10/15/2000 5:15 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Welcome, AnneSchultz (your name resonates with mine! )... Serendipitously enough, this word was used in a U.S. comic strip today, "Beetle Bailey." As barite said in another thread, it is indeed "aglet." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: shoelace tips #8001 10/15/2000 8:18 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ...and when your aglets get scrunched, the ends of your laces become feazings. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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