Spatula is one of those words primed for a stock split. Now defined as "a small implement having a broad, flat, flexible blade that is used to mix, spread, or lift material," http://www.bartleby.com/61/2/S0610200.html, the term now (currently, at this point in time, in the present moment) encompasses what have become two distinct tools: the rigid, horizontal spatula used to lift; and the flexible, vertical spatula used to scrape. Nominations are now open for distinct terms for these two tools.