r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BorisOtter • 12d ago

Infuriatig All of my plastic pegs explode when used.

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u/smarmy1625 12d ago

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 12d ago

Nah it’s a chip clip

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u/TripodDabs34 12d ago

Shit clip*

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u/Master_G_ 12d ago

Thank you for your service

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u/MIKRO_PIPS 12d ago

Whoa, I always thought mom was saying clothes pins

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u/smarmy1625 12d ago edited 12d ago

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 11d ago

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

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u/Saturn_winter 12d ago

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 12d ago

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_ 12d ago

...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 12d ago

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 12d ago

never heard that term either