# What do YOU call this stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389 "2009-01-28T16:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/1 "2009-01-28T16:08:28Z")
[Here](http://www.bagnboxman.co.uk/large-jpegs/sellotape.jpg). I’m curious what other people call it because I calls it sellotape and I’m fairly certain that it isn’t universal at all at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/2 "2009-01-28T16:10:27Z")
Scotch tape. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/3 "2009-01-28T16:11:39Z")
Scotch tape ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/4 "2009-01-28T16:12:36Z")
I call it a bad link. Page won’t load. But if it’s what I think it is, it’s Scotch tape. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/5 "2009-01-28T16:12:47Z")
Cellotape or sticky tape. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/6 "2009-01-28T16:12:57Z")
Cellophane tape, unless it’s of the 1.5-2" wide variety (hard to tell scale), in which case I call it packing tape. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/7 "2009-01-28T16:13:18Z")
[Nevermind; my eyes must be going!] ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/8 "2009-01-28T16:13:41Z")
Scotch tape, clear tape, giftwrapping tape, cellophane tape. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/9 "2009-01-28T16:15:30Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Cellotape or sticky tape. Me too ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/10 "2009-01-28T16:16:41Z")
New Zealander living in the UK, I call that sellotape. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/11 "2009-01-28T16:17:50Z")
If it’s small, scotch tape. If it’s large, packing tape. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/12 "2009-01-28T16:18:28Z")
Scotch tape, or just ‘tape’. I think both ‘Scotch tape’ and ‘Sellotape’ are brand names. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/13 "2009-01-28T16:19:31Z")
Scotch tape as well. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/14 "2009-01-28T16:30:45Z")
Yeah I call it sellotape, but that’s a brand name. They used to say ‘sticky back plastic’ on kids’ shows and that always puzzled me as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/15 "2009-01-28T16:32:36Z")
Tape or Scotch tape. Other types of tape are referred to by brand or usage: Masking tape, painter’s tape, duct tape, electrical tape, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/16 "2009-01-28T16:32:59Z")
Tape. Unless, as another poster mentioned, it is wide, then it is packing tape. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/17 "2009-01-28T16:40:27Z")
“Scotch tape” if it’s 1" wide or less, “packing tape” if it’s the stuff that’s 2" wide. Anything between 1" and 2" simply creates a cognitive dissonance and I just point and say “sticky, sticky, sticky.” ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/18 "2009-01-28T16:42:53Z")
Tape or scotch tape. I’ve only heard cellotape a handful of times. (Loc:Chicago) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/19 "2009-01-28T16:46:02Z")
**An Gadai** , you went to so much trouble to spoiler your response, yet it was in the name of the link itself, which kind of gave it away. I would just call it “tape,” since it’s a little hard to tell from the picture exactly what kind of tape it is (or what you would use it for). ETA: Your name for it is the British term, which I’ve heard Brits, and only Brits, use. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389/20 "2009-01-28T16:47:18Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > **An Gadai** , you went to so much trouble to spoiler your response, yet it was in the name of the link itself, which kind of gave it away. > > I would just call it “tape,” since it’s a little hard to tell from the picture exactly what kind of tape it is (or what you would use it for). Ah yeah I know but I couldn’t be arsed finding another pic. Spoilering was kinda silly anyway. 🙂 ETA: Them’s fightin’ words. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389.md?page=2)