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Sex bolt (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure if HR would find it appropriate or inappropriate for me to have accidentally stumbled across these while doing engineering research on my work computer.

The page’s edit history also has this funny gem:

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Other names for sex bolts, or (in some cases) for the female half specifically, include:

architectural bolts,[1]

barrel bolts,[citation needed]

barrel nuts,[2]

binding barrels,[3]

book screws[4] or book binding screws,[5]

Chicago screws,[2] or Chicago binding screws and posts,[6]

connector bolts,[7][8]

female screws,[2]

posts and screws, screws and posts,[9] or screw-in-post fasteners,

sleeve nuts[10]

splint screws.

~~sex nut~~

~~sex screw~~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Was vagina nut taken?
(Like the penis screw.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

As a German, I've been told, that in English 'screw' and 'mother' are rarely being used together in an engineering context.