# A "wingnut" Is!

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**Created:** [February 18, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849 "2003-02-18T21:16:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849/1 "2003-02-18T21:16:57Z")

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Okay, many people hvae been asking me WHAT that is… especially mdipi… so, here’s the explanation:

I dunno… BUT… I remember now where I’ve seen it. The opening titles of “Lord of the Rings - The 2 Towers”, is says something like:

“wingnut productions” or something…

CHECK IT YERSELVES! 😛

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849/2 "2003-02-18T21:24:30Z")

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a wingnut is a nut (as in nuts and bolts) which has 2 long ‘flairs’ coming off of two sides (looking like wings) that allows you to tighten the nut by hand.

… Im sure google has an image…  
 ![](http://www.venturehardware.com/wingnut.gif)  
 ![](http://user.tvz.com/images/wingnut.jpg)

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849/3 "2003-02-18T21:27:11Z")

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Wingnut - noun - any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia…

:beam:

- Soul :goatee:

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849/4 "2003-02-18T21:32:56Z")

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what do you call balls on a big wooden box?

chestnuts

What do you call balls on the side of your house?

wallnuts

[what do you call balls on a bird arm - wing nuts :crazy:]

what do you call balls on your chin?

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849/5 "2003-02-18T21:36:04Z")

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id have to call that highly disturbing and why would they be there anyways? silly people… thats not where they go… but i guess if they were there id just crack em open and eat it?

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-wingnut-is/13849/6 "2003-02-18T21:55:39Z")

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you mean \<i\>this\</i\> isn’t what a wingnut is?:  
\<img src=“[http://members.aol.com/sailrgurl2/WingNut.gif](http://members.aol.com/sailrgurl2/WingNut.gif)”\>