# What is this jewelryish clippy type thing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-jewelryish-clippy-type-thing/603850>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-jewelryish-clippy-type-thing/603850 "2011-11-23T04:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-jewelryish-clippy-type-thing/603850/1 "2011-11-23T04:52:15Z")

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[Clippy type thing](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/?action=view&current=010-1.jpg)

As you can see, it has a chain with a catch one one side and then you squeeze the thingies that the chain is attached to and the other end opens.  
My guess is that it’s a personal wine glass marker that you bring with you from party to party and attach to a necklace or something when you’re not using it. My mom and boyfriend don’t agree but they don’t offer a valid other suggestion.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-jewelryish-clippy-type-thing/603850/2 "2011-11-23T05:03:10Z")

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I’ve seen similar thingies on necklaces, but they were just on plain chains. I was told that they were for when you don’t want a lot of necklaces, but you want to change your look. I’ve got a set of one pair of earrings with different gemstones that you swap out of the setting. Yeah, tacky, I know, but my mother bought it for me, what can I do?