Bobbin - Other Uses/references

Other Uses/references

• "Bobbin" can also refer to narrow braid formerly used as trimming.
• "Bobbin Threadbare" is the name of the main character in the 1990 computer game Loom.
• The term "bobbins" appears in northern English slang, meaning "rubbish", i.e. something worthless or incorrect. Taken from the cockney "bobbins of cotton", meaning "rotten". This may be related to the contemporary British slang usage, where "bobbins" can be used to denote something negative, particularly in theatrical circles.
• Stephen Colbert has said multiple times, "Let's change some bobbins" in his 435-part series, "Better Know a District," typically when talking about labor unions.
• The Proud Family has an episode where Penny goes to the spelling bee, and her last word to spell for the win is "bobbin."
• The nickname 'Bobbin' is synonymous with a person who is from Wanborough, Wiltshire.
• 'Wind the bobbin up' is a common nursery rhyme.
• 'Bobbin' is often used in the South East of England to refer to a stool or the process of defecation, i.e. "I'm going for a quick bobbin" or "Stop talking a load of bobbins".
• Bobbin is used in Ireland to refer to an elastic hair tie