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Bobbin, gogo or bobble -- what do YOU call a hair tie?

We’re settling the debate once and for all.

Oct 28th 2015, 10:58 AM 21,135 Views 14 Comments

WE ALL WEAR them.

We all fall asleep with them on our wrists and inexplicably lose every single one that comes into our possession. (Seriously, where do they go?!?!)

But we as a society have yet to come up with one official name for them.

CP7hX2AUAAAcZ1D Source: blueberry__pink/Twitter

SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THAT? CAN WE DECIDE ALRADY?

Some people are firmly #TeamBobbin

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While others are of the ‘gogo’ persuasion

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And for all those who aren't from Galway, a gogo is like, a bobbin? Or something, I don't know I've been calling it a gogo my whole life.
— Sive (@sivensk) May 4, 2011

Source: Sive/Twitter

The gogo vs. bobbin rivalry is strong

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when someone calls a gogo a 'bobbin' i get so angry and start to twitch, eww like you just don't do that
— Dineké McAuley (@Dineke_McAuley) July 11, 2013

Source: Dineké McAuley/Twitter

Others, meanwhile, refer to it as a hair tie

It’s universally understood, in fairness.

Hate when the elastic breaks in my favourite hair-tie/bobbin/gogo when it's just at the right stretchyness :(
— ᴇᴍᴍᴀ (@EmmaaByrne) June 2, 2013

Source: ᴇᴍᴍᴀ/Twitter

Then there’s ‘bobble’

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And a smaller contingent, still, refer to it as a scrunchie

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We personally believe that this is a scrunchie.

Coleteros Source: mariaentretelas

But different strokes for different folks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, we’re asking you…

What do you call it?

Poll Results:

Bobbin (2048)

Gogo (1351)

Bobble (1275)

Hair tie (470)

Other (154)

Scrunchie (65)

Bobbin
Bobble
Gogo
Scrunchie
Hair tie
Other

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Bobbin, gogo or bobble -- what do YOU call a hair tie?