# Is There a Term for this Psychological Tendency?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-psychological-tendency/729093 "2015-08-27T19:44:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-psychological-tendency/729093/21 "2015-08-30T02:20:55Z")

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Wait, that’s “shoemaker, stick to your last.”

Which is the only time or reason that I or I think anyone else, including shoemakers, are aware of the word “last” in a shoe-ey context.

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