# Is there a name for this action done in the bedroom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306 "2011-08-19T12:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/1 "2011-08-19T12:41:23Z")
You know, when you’re making the bed, and you’re preparing the sheet, you stand at the foot of the bed and quickly raise and lower the sheet, causing a waveform to propagate up to the head of the sheet, resulting in a sheet thet is smoother and more correctly positioned? Is there a verb for this manuever? Something like “fluff the sheet” or “wave the sheet” or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/2 "2011-08-19T12:47:21Z")
“Flinging your sheet” ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/3 "2011-08-19T13:05:59Z")
Snap the sheet ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/4 "2011-08-19T13:09:09Z")
George ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/5 "2011-08-19T13:21:32Z")
“The Cat Toy”. Because that’s usually the moment when the cat comes flying up onto the bed to pounce on the waves… ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/6 "2011-08-19T13:25:00Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Snap the sheet This is the one I would use. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/7 "2011-08-19T13:29:17Z")
Thirding “snap.” ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/8 "2011-08-19T13:37:44Z")
Up until now I would have said “snap” but i find “flinging your sheet” a lot more amusing. I have the sense of humor of an 8 year old. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/9 "2011-08-19T14:22:42Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “The Cat Toy”. > Because that’s usually the moment when the cat comes flying up onto the bed to pounce on the waves… Kitties _love_ when the sheets get changed. I don’t think I’ve ever changed the sheets on the bed without also saying, “You are not being helpful dammit!” ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/10 "2011-08-19T14:23:19Z")
I call it settling the sheet. How mundane. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/11 "2011-08-19T14:25:05Z")
I normally wind up saying “Sorry [dog] didn’t know you were there” as one of them goes airborne. Can we call it the Dog Flinger? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/12 "2011-08-19T17:20:49Z")
I call it the “Dammit cat!” move, but when we were catless it was snapping the sheet. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/13 "2011-08-19T17:31:04Z")
The title of the thread sent my mind to bad (good?) places. I call it snapping the sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/14 "2011-08-19T17:40:29Z")
Interesting question. It never occurred to me there was a name for it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/15 "2011-08-19T17:48:10Z")
If your in a roach motel / bed and breakfest in Mexico and you are doing it to fling dirt off the sheets its a “dirty sanchez”. If you are in a superhero/superscientist lair and you are doing it to get the last of the wrinkles out its a “rusty venture”. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/16 "2011-08-19T18:16:03Z")
I call it “the applied science of using a standing waveform to straighten the bedsheets”. Well, that’s what I call it in Nerdville, where I live. Otherwise, yeh… snapping, although it is more like flinging. It’s an art, really. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/17 "2011-08-19T18:25:58Z")
> [@vertizontal](#): > > You know, when you’re making the bed, and you’re preparing the sheet, you stand at the foot of the bed and quickly raise and lower the sheet, causing a waveform to propagate up to the head of the sheet, resulting in a sheet thet is smoother and more correctly positioned? > Is there a verb for this manuever? Something like “fluff the sheet” or “wave the sheet” or something like that? Well since the movement of the sheet is a vertical one to get it started and then proceeds horizontally, we don’t we call it a vertizontal? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/18 "2011-08-19T19:05:12Z")
Anyone else think this thread was going to be about something entirely different? ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/19 "2011-08-19T19:06:40Z")
Yeah, I sure thought it was going to be about something else. I can’t say I’m not just a little bit disappointed. Count me in with those calling it “snapping.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/20 "2011-08-19T19:17:02Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > The title of the thread sent my mind to bad (good?) places. My friend had the horrible misfortune of snapping her sheet and hitting the fire sprinkler on the ceiling. It set off the alarm and all the sprinklers in her apartment, causing thousands of dollars of water damage. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306.md?page=2)