# sticky?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky/97716>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky/97716 "2002-03-11T23:40:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky/97716/1 "2002-03-11T23:40:19Z")

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Some threads say  
_Sticky:_ blahblahblah .  
What’s sticky?

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky/97716/2 "2002-03-12T00:07:08Z")

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It’s called “sticky” because it ‘sticks’ to the top of the forum page. Like a “sticky note” or a “sticky pad” or “widdwe sticky wickies” or some other cuddly office product.

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**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky/97716/3 "2002-03-12T01:09:54Z")

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Personally, I don’t like the name. I doubt that’ll matter though. Just call it pinned or something, sounds more…professional. 🙂