# What is the plastic thing on the end of your shoelace called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926 "2001-11-17T08:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/1 "2001-11-17T08:59:02Z")
What is the plastic thing on the end of your shoelace called? I know it has a name. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![Bossk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@Bossk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bossk)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/2 "2001-11-17T09:04:26Z")
Aglet. Learn it, live it, love it. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/3 "2001-11-17T09:06:08Z")
According to [this website](http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=aglet), it’s an aglet. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/4 "2001-11-17T12:22:06Z")
Might as well close this thread. Two others beat me to the correct answer. With cites, too. Gotta be impressed. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/5 "2001-11-17T15:47:51Z")
A sneaker? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/6 "2001-11-17T15:50:34Z")
I thought that was a small Texas A&M student … ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/7 "2001-11-17T17:03:30Z")
It is called… The Small Plastic Thing on the End of a Shoelace. Thank you. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/8 "2001-11-17T17:17:21Z")
Well, the _small_ ones are aglets, the large ones are ags. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plastic-thing-on-the-end-of-your-shoelace-called/93926/9 "2001-11-17T23:10:23Z")
Thanks. I knew someone here would know.