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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Otherwise it defeats the purpose of calling it a glove box. If gloves are not in this box it would be more accurate to describe that volume as a passenger compartment.

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[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not thinking of many off the top of my head but I am sure there are many things called by an obsolete name.

Trunk of a car, maybe. Used to be a literal trunk (box) strapped to the car.

Filming someone. Or taping. No film/tape involved now.

"Floppy" disk icon for saving in PC apps. Youngsters probably wonder wtf that is.

There's probably a word for this.

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