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Candy #197433 02/16/11 03:32 AM
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I'm disappointed with my entry.... Well--what you described are actually called twizzle sticks, here. I just thought it was a bit too close.

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>twizzle sticks

really?! or is it swizzle sticks..

bexter #197437 02/16/11 03:45 AM
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Ruh roh--you're right! I had conflated that with Twizzlers, I reckon. Thanks.

tsuwm #197439 02/16/11 03:57 AM
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I too have never heard them called "twizzle" sticks,
always "swizzle" sticks.


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bexter #197442 02/16/11 04:42 AM
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I eliminated G just because it sounded more like someone trying to describe the thing than like a dictionary definition. I would have done that more like:
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toozle – A small stick, commonly made of plastic, used to stir mixed drinks or garnish cocktails. It has a pointed end designed to skewer fruit and a decorative head. So called from its use in the Caribbean cocktail, Rum Toozle

Faldage #197443 02/16/11 06:40 AM
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swizzle stick actually has a OL index of 26! (and the Quick definition is 'a small stick used to stir mixed drinks')

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Originally Posted By: Avy
the most boring daffy of the lot; Alice: curiouser... etc.

I tried for the real one this time and I thought your one interesting. I even looked at my scissors closely and the screw there isn't an ordinary screw which ( I know now ) is also called 'nut'.
(but it might have been called toozle for my taste as well)

scissors

@ Faldage, thanks a lot; one more for a hat trick. smile

BranShea #197449 02/16/11 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted By: BranShea
Originally Posted By: Avy
the most boring daffy of the lot; Alice: curiouser... etc.

I tried for the real one this time and I thought your one interesting. I even looked at my scissors closely and the screw there isn't an ordinary screw which ( I know now ) is also called 'nut'.
(but it might have been called toozle for my taste as well)

scissors

@ Faldage, thanks a lot; one more for a hat trick. smile



Who knew there was such a complete description of
scissors and the nut which holds them together?


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BranShea #197455 02/16/11 04:28 PM
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I believe all of the scissors in our house have a screw and not an adjustable nut. (just wanted to use the plural of scissors. : )

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I don't know my scissors well enough to say, and
am not going to do an inventory, someone would get left out.


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