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Sex bolt (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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 1 week 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] 10 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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