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At first glance I'd say "coffee pot", but looking at other's answers I might say "Moka pot."
It was about time I changed this.

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In my part of the world we call that ice cream

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that is a spatula
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Inversion wrote:that is a spatula
Affirmed.

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And this?

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Both are espàtules in Catalan, and I think I would use spatula in English to name both.
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I believe the first one is called a (burger) flipper in my hometown (SE Ontario), and calling it a spatula would be weird because it's not used for stirring. Of course, that's a cheap, nasty plastic one that probably burns on the grill if you're not careful. Notice that the head isn't actually resting on the surface; the shadow diffuses because it's bent upward.

The last one is definitely a (plasticrubber) spatula.
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Izambri wrote:Both are espàtules in Catalan, and I think I would use spatula in English to name both.
This, minus the bits about Catalan. Wikipedia vindicates me:
One variety is alternately named turner, and is used to lift and flip food items during cooking, such as pancakes and fillets.

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cromulant wrote:This, minus the bits about Catalan. Wikipedia vindicates me:
One variety is alternately named turner, and is used to lift and flip food items during cooking, such as pancakes and fillets.
It's not about being right, it's about what you say.

"Turner" doesn't sound familiar to me. I think when we needed to distinguish we said "flipper". The other kind was a "rubber spatula" or "scraper".

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The first is a spatula, and I guess I'd call the second a scraper--at least I think that's what my mom called those things. (Although, I have an unopened set of the latter, and the packaging calls them spatulas. Weird.)
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Rhetorica wrote:I believe the first one is called a burger-flipper in my hometown (SE Ontario), and calling it a spatula would be weird because it's not used for stirring. Of course, that's a cheap, nasty plastic one that probably burns on the grill if you're not careful. Notice that the head isn't actually resting on the surface; the shadow diffuses because it's bent upward.

The last one is definitely a (plasticrubber) spatula.
I also just tend to say flipper, but I'm also from Toronto. At least I can confirm your word though. I've heard people call it a spatula, but I would not call it that. The second one is definitely a spatula.

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Weirdos, those are both spatulas, with the second one being prefixed with rubber if necessary.
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Drydic wrote:Weirdos, those are both spatulas, with the second one being prefixed with rubber if necessary.
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I seriously hope it doesn't transpire now that he has in fact died in a horrible accident.
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Inversion wrote:
cromulant wrote:(Whatever happened to Viktor?)
I do not know but whatever it is it is a good thing.

I seriously hope it doesn't transpire now that he has in fact died in a horrible accident.
Don't be mean. We're friends on Facebook and he seems to be doing well enough. I like his posts about nice houses.

I'd call both spatulas, but if I was having to be clear I'd probably call the top one a fishslice.

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Spatula both, here.
It was about time I changed this.

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Both spatulæ for me.


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clawgrip wrote:
Rhetorica wrote:I believe the first one is called a burger-flipper in my hometown (SE Ontario), and calling it a spatula would be weird because it's not used for stirring. Of course, that's a cheap, nasty plastic one that probably burns on the grill if you're not careful. Notice that the head isn't actually resting on the surface; the shadow diffuses because it's bent upward.

The last one is definitely a (plasticrubber) spatula.
I also just tend to say flipper, but I'm also from Toronto. At least I can confirm your word though. I've heard people call it a spatula, but I would not call it that. The second one is definitely a spatula.
I can confirm that Toronto is not alone among Canadian cities in this regard. I am from Greater Vancouver, and I too would call the first a flipper and the second a spatula.

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Is there an antonym of "buxom" in common use?


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Flat.

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Ironing board.
It was about time I changed this.

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"Lithe" is the traditional, unambiguous and non-euphemistic term, I'm pretty sure.

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Rhetorica wrote:"Lithe" is the traditional, unambiguous and non-euphemistic term, I'm pretty sure.
I always had the impression that was more like "slender".


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ObsequiousNewt wrote:
Rhetorica wrote:"Lithe" is the traditional, unambiguous and non-euphemistic term, I'm pretty sure.
I always had the impression that was more like "slender".
Yeah, me too. Like someone that has very little gravity of their own and just floats around like a cloud.
It was about time I changed this.

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Slickepot in Swedish. It's slicka lick with a binding e and then pot which probably used to mean something else but now has fused with the other word.
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