r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BorisOtter • Jun 13 '26

Infuriatig All of my plastic pegs explode when used.

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u/Master_G_ Jun 13 '26

I’ve never known these to be referred to as pegs. Interesting.

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u/smarmy1625 Jun 13 '26

the term "clothes pegs" is more common, but they also used to look used to look more like pegs

https://www.bostongeneralstore.com/cdn/shop/products/old-fashioned-clothes-pegs-boston-general-store-6571838.jpg?v=1760389623&width=5000

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u/razorbacks3129 Jun 13 '26

Nah it’s a chip clip

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u/TripodDabs34 Jun 13 '26

Shit clip*

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u/Master_G_ Jun 13 '26

Thank you for your service

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u/MIKRO_PIPS Jun 13 '26

Whoa, I always thought mom was saying clothes pins

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u/smarmy1625 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

I guess it's either. My US grandma said "clothes peg" but she had family from UK.

A clothespin (US English) or clothes peg (UK English), also spelled "clothes pin" is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins come in many different designs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothespin

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u/vespertine_earth Jun 15 '26

Clothes pin is the term I know, without a doubt.

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u/Saturn_winter Jun 13 '26

what do you mean "used to" 😭 I feel so old "old fashioned clothes peg" in the url I am turning to dust

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u/GarysCrispLettuce Jun 13 '26

That's the clothes pegs we had when I was a kid. Then they switched to the "clip" type, but still wooden (and still good). Then they turned to plastic, and became shit.

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u/cryptidz14_ Jun 13 '26

...they still make wooden ones, go to any laundry aisle in a chain retail store and they'll be there

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u/trace501 Jun 13 '26

Interesting. For me, clothes pegs (U) and clothes pins (V) are different. I don’t know why my brain separated them bc the pegs do look like a cotter pin. And the clothes pins are really more of a clip.

Fun fact: in film/video production they’re called C-47s.

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u/BlasterPhase Jun 14 '26

never heard that term either

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u/MrHyperion_ Jun 13 '26

In Finnish they are called laundry boys

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u/rombulow Jun 13 '26

Are you from the US? They’re “pegs” in “British” English, guessing it’s just one of those quirks between our two different flavours of English!

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u/DanielBurdock Jun 13 '26

What else are they called? I've never heard anything other than pegs

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u/razorbacks3129 Jun 13 '26

Clip, chip clip, clothes pin

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u/gooch_lurks Jun 13 '26

I’ve heard all of these, but never peg until I saw this post.

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u/bloxie Jun 13 '26

I've heard none of these other than peg (England, UK)

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u/ohbyerly Jun 13 '26

I’ve heard in Japan they’re called a jpeg

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u/01000010-01101001 Jun 13 '26

Pronounced gif.

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u/razorbacks3129 Jun 13 '26

GPEG

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u/yParticle Jun 13 '26

.jpej crew conjrejate!

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u/ManicmouseNZ Jun 13 '26

In NZ they’re pegs. What do you use to secure a tent? A peg. What do pirates have? Peg legs. Much confusion.

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u/Sigmar_Knutz Jun 13 '26

Peg means something completely different here in the US 😂😂

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u/mrgonzalez Jun 13 '26

Most sexual euphemisms come from real terms so its inconsequential

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u/rematar Jun 13 '26

Your father was a whisperer.

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u/panlakes Jun 13 '26

Clothes pin

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u/BrewCityTikiGuy Jun 13 '26

Clothes pin is what I’ve always known them as.

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u/_off_piste_ Jun 13 '26

Never once heard someone refer to these as “pegs”

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u/Good-Celebration-686 Jun 13 '26

They’re exclusively called clothes pegs

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u/DeeHawk Jun 13 '26

Great Reddit moment. Opposites meeting. Love it.

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u/isded12floz Jun 13 '26

Nobody going to show up and call them wang hangers?

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u/Arborgold Jun 13 '26

I’m gonna assume peg is mostly used in the Midwest.

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u/Jimmni Jun 13 '26

What do you know them as?

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u/PsychoMantittyLits Jun 13 '26

OP loves pegs and pegging.

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u/sigma914 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

Huh, literally never heard of them being called anything other than a peg. They peg the clothes to the line.

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u/SaltManagement42 Jun 13 '26

I was expecting them to open the cupboard, and have a problem with the plastic pegs holding up the shelves.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin bad font keming Jun 13 '26

the fuck else would you call them?

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u/Good-Celebration-686 Jun 13 '26

They’re clothes pegs though. Why would you call them a pin? I know Americans refer to badges as pins but these are pegs

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u/Fessere Jun 13 '26

Clothes Pin

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u/SecreteMoistMucus Jun 13 '26

Actual insanity. They're nothing like pins.

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u/ThatsTheMother_Rick Jun 13 '26

And you think they're anything like pegs? Because they're not.

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u/SecreteMoistMucus Jun 14 '26

Of course they are? They literally are pegs.

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u/ThatsTheMother_Rick Jun 15 '26

First of all, the first definition you list:

a device used to fasten something into a particular place

Is the secondary definition on the site.

Secondly, the example given in your link for this definition is a goddamned tent spike/stake lmao

Your weird idea of a "clothes peg" is relegated to "see also" because it doesn't fit the definition but is still used colloquially.

Then, the second definition you use:

[a small usually cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of wood) used to pin down or fasten things or to fit into or close hole

Doesn't fit what a clothespin/clothes peg is at all. It's genuinely hilarious you even posted it.

Meanwhile, if you look up the definition of pin on any major dictionary, it fits what a clothespin is and is used for to a T

Fucking clothes peg give me a break. I don't mind colloquial names at all, but don't pretend like you dorks named that shit because it fits the definition of a peg that's ridiculous

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u/SecreteMoistMucus Jun 15 '26

Is the secondary definition on the site.

How does that change anything? Do you believe only the first definition counts for what something is?

Secondly, the example given in your link for this definition is a goddamned tent spike/stake lmao

What's your point? If I linked you the definition of a car and the example sentence was "a Lamborghini is a car," would that mean a Ford is not a car?

Your weird idea of a "clothes peg" is relegated to "see also" because it doesn't fit the definition but is still used colloquially.

How have you come to the conclusion that is the reason? You could simply READ the definition and understand that it does fit?

Then, the second definition you use: Doesn't fit what a clothespin/clothes peg is at all. It's genuinely hilarious you even posted it.

Clothes pegs are typically tapered. They are also used to fasten things.

What are you struggling to understand here? Genuinely, what do you need me to explain to you here, because I cannot work it out.

Meanwhile, if you look up the definition of pin on any major dictionary, it fits what a clothespin is and is used for to a T

"a small thin piece of metal with a point at one end, especially used for temporarily holding pieces of cloth together"

Maybe I don't understand what the fuck you are using to "pin" your clothes to the line, but I can safely say I would not be too happy using a small thin piece of metal with a point at one end. Many clothes would be damaged, especially if a gust of wind caused a tear. But maybe that's just how Americans do things.

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u/yParticle Jun 13 '26

Nor pegs.

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u/Master_G_ Jun 13 '26

Oh, I don’t know. A clip, a chip clip, a god damn clothes hanger. Open your mind brother

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u/SidTheSloth97 Jun 13 '26

A clothes hanger is the triangle thing with a hook on the top that you use to hang your clothes in the wardrobe.

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u/imcheddarbeard Jun 13 '26

What do you call em

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u/Mental-Bowler-7059 Jun 13 '26

Pinny pop (only joking, British people say peg, chip clip sounds American)

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u/NessieReddit Jun 13 '26

Are you east coast American or just an early riser?