# What do you call this object? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084 "2011-04-20T15:31:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/1 "2011-04-20T15:31:35Z")
What do you call [this object](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S8qkQnfoMgc/TT76Sk34qtI/AAAAAAAAAUI/P5MNns73nuU/s1600/snow_globe%252B%252525281%25252529.jpg)? This may belong in “Comments on Cecil’s Columns” because it’s regarding [this SD column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/494/what-do-you-call-those-liquid-filled-glass-things-that-snow-when-shaken), but I thought we could all give Cecil a hand with this one. I know it’s from way back in 1987 but I have a difficult time believing that people can’t mostly agree on what [the object in question] is called. Poll options taken from column. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/2 "2011-04-20T15:33:09Z")
It’s called a snow globe, and I never heard it called anything else ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/3 "2011-04-20T15:35:24Z")
What he said. I had no idea this was even an issue. So much so that I almost suspect Unca Cece of making it up, like I suspect Mythbusters of at times. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/4 "2011-04-20T15:47:44Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/5 "2011-04-20T16:08:52Z")
Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/6 "2011-04-20T16:15:09Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > It’s called a snow globe, and I never heard it called anything else What **PSXer** said. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/7 "2011-04-20T16:25:31Z")
Elsewhere, could be a shopping-mall egg. In this world it’s a snow globe. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/8 "2011-04-20T16:32:16Z")
Snow Globe get about 1,900,000 google hits. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/9 "2011-04-20T16:34:18Z")
Yeah, **PSXer** nailed it on the 1st post. . . (“Snowie?!?!” Seriously?) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/10 "2011-04-20T16:46:04Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yeah, **PSXer** nailed it on the 1st post. . . (“Snowie?!?!” Seriously?) Shake 'em ups? I’m not sure what Cecil was smoking that day. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/11 "2011-04-20T17:23:25Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > It’s called a snow globe, and I never heard it called anything else AOL! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/12 "2011-04-20T17:52:34Z")
I always say “snowglobe” (one word). That seems (or seemed) to be the custom preferred at Disney retail locations, as Disney snowglobes were quite the fad for a while. I should know - my wife and I have a couple dozen. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/13 "2011-04-20T19:36:21Z")
I recall them being universally recognized as snowglobes since the 70’s. Before that I remember it was not quite that clear, but no specific commonly used names, more in the way of simple descriptions of the thing you shake and it looks like it’s snowing. Do similar objects which contain no snow, like the [California Snowman](http://snowglobessells.blogspot.com/2011/01/original-florida-melted-snowman.html)qualify as snowglobes? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/14 "2011-04-20T19:40:11Z")
I call it “Rosebud”, of course. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/15 "2011-04-20T20:24:24Z")
I voted “snow dome,” but cancel that. I don’t know what I was thinking. It’s snow GLOBE. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/16 "2011-04-20T20:36:54Z")
Even the filename for the Jpeg agrees: snow\_globe%252B%252525281%25252529.jpg ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/17 "2011-04-20T20:39:38Z")
Wow. Is this the first time the Dope has unanimously agreed on something? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/18 "2011-04-20T20:46:58Z")
And the winner for Poll With the Lowest Standard Deviation goes to… ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/19 "2011-04-20T21:05:47Z")
I think I may have heard it called a snow dome once in all my decades. But calling it any of the other names besides a snow globe gets you a 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084/20 "2011-04-20T21:53:02Z")
I’m part of the 99.33% of Dopers so far. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-object/579084.md?page=2)