Everything has a name.

[Bretrick]

Even the little plastic tube on the end of a shoelace has a name. Aglet.
From old French, "aguillette" meaning "Needle" thus "Short Needle at the end of a shoelace"
Even the holed eyelet plastic or metal surround has it's own name. Eyelet.
From the "curb of a Bridle", "Ring or Wreath of Wealth"
Who comes up with all these names?

 

[hollydolly]

Even the little plastic tube on the end of a shoelace has a name. Aglet.
From old French, "aguillette" meaning "Needle" thus "Short Needle at the end of a shoelace"
Even the holed eyelet plastic or metal surround has it's own name. Eyelet.
From the "curb of a Bridle", "Ring or Wreath of Wealth"
Who comes up with all these names?

the manufacturers..lol...otherwise in the factory they'd be saying could the workers on the right fix the thing to the thing.. and pass it onto the workers on the left to attach the other thing to the thing...

 

[CallMeKate]

That hangy-ball thing in the back of your throat? Uvula. Yup.

 

[dilettante]

Spudger - Wikipedia

A spudger (also known as a spludger, non-marring nylon black stick tool) is a tool that has a wide flat-head screwdriver-like end that extends as a wedge, used to separate pressure-fit plastic components without causing damage during separation.

 

[Alizerine]

Word origins interest me especially the quirky ones. One of my favorites is gossamer. It comes from the German for goose summer. Apparently when the geese are plucked the air is filled with a filmy cloud of feathers.

 

[Paco Dennis]

how about interrobang? A punctuation mark that combines a question mark (?) and exclamation point (!). It expresses both excitement and inquiry.

 

[Radrook]

For multi-linguals everything has two or more names. For example, here are the languages English Spanish and some Romanian.

Luna - Moon
Sol -Sun
Girl - Muchacha
Tree - Arbol
House - Casa
Wife - Esposa
Hand- Mano
Head - Cabeza
Bed-Cama
Sky-Cielo

Road-Carretera-Drum

Beautiful, Hermosa-Frumosa

Understand-Entender-inteleg

 

[ElCastor]

The English surname Beaver is an anglicized version of the French name Beauvoir.

 

[horseless carriage]

What, exactly, is a Cordwainer?

A Cordwainer is a shoemaker; an artisan trained in the technical aspects of crafting a shoe from scratch. A formally trained Cordwainer will be skilled in all of the intricate processes involved in making a pair of shoes - from shaping a last (the mould that a shoe is formed around), to constructing the soles and fashioning the uppers.

Etymologically speaking, the word Cordwainer is derived from the Old French word cordoanier, and originally referred to someone who worked with cordwain or cordovan, an equine leather that was historically produced in Medieval Córdoba, also known as Cordova in English. Traditionally, because cordovan leather was difficult and expensive to produce, it was only used for the highest quality shoes but Cordwainers used other leathers to make all types of footwear.

 

[timoc]

People telling tales about someone could be called 'sh*tstirrers, but what do I know?

 

[Capt Lightning]

The term for shoemaker in Scotland was 'Souter', The name comes from the old English sūtere, from Latin sutor, from suere to sew.
I believe the term 'cobbler' as distinct from 'shoemaker', refers to a person who mends shoes rather than make them.

 

[Feelslikefar]

When I'm not sure what to call it, 'Doohickey' and 'Thingamajig' gets the job done...

 

[fuzzybuddy]

A person, who invents names for things is a "Nomenclator".
So, you're right everything has a name.

 

[horseless carriage]

Dishwasher: Underwater Ceramics Technician.
Waiter/Waitress: Nourishment Consultant.
Sewage worker: Biological Waste Technician.
Receptionist: Director of First Impressions.
Shop assistant: Frontline customer service manager.
McDonalds worker: Cuisine Consultant.

 

[Feelslikefar]

First job in the Air Force was as a 'Munitions Systems Specialist'. (Person who loads bombs on Aircraft)
What we were really called by others was:

- 'Load Toads'
- 'BB Loaders'

Military members always had 'interesting' names for all jobs and they were easier to say.

Most of us Embraced the secondary names...

 

[jujube]

When I worked at the newspaper selling ads, we were notified by the Department of Labor ( or somebody in the guv'mint whose knickers were in a twist about "sexual discrimination in ads) that we should be saying "Blue Collar Worker Supervisor" instead of "Foreman" and "Craft and Kindred Worker" instead of "Craftsman". "Busboy", of course, was out.