Non-Megnatic Tweezers

I have an Indian-made awl whose storage pouch says "A.W.L."; I'm not sure what they think the letters stand for.

I've also got a roll of small pliers made in Pakistan that're labelled "4PCS HOBBIEST PLIERS SET", but I suppose they can be forgiven for that, since half the bleeding English-speaking world now seems to think that's how "hobbyist" is spelled.

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Hobby, hobbier, hobbiest?

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Isn't it just a mis-spelling of "Magnetic"?

Although why a non-magnetic set of tweezers is a good thing, I'm unsure. Perhaps it's an aid in hard disk recovery for putting the bits back on the disk.

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the fact that a) you make the "obvious" comment and b) ask the question.. speaks volumes.....

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meg-nat-ic: [meg-nat-ik] -- adjective:
1. Big and automatic.

Also, meg-nat-i-cal.

The megnatic robot towered over the townsfolk as it clanked through town, steam billowing from its ears.

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Defintely! :)

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You got these at the flea market, right? So of course it means they are not for use on mega-gnats. You'll be needin' a much larger pair of tweezers if you want to pinch those big ones.

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I have a use for non-magnetic tweezers--manipulating incredibly tiny surface mount inductors. Most of the non- and anti- magnetic tweezers I have retain some annoying "stickiness" to them, but I'm not vexed enough to use carbon tips. Maybe one day.

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Some specimens do not react well to the Megnat tweezing technique ("Megnatic tweezing") and so can only be handled using non-Megnatic tweezers.

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To quote Churchill, the whole thing is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a anigme.

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just plain WIN.

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Megnatic: the Greek prefix means it is indicative of a million nats.
Non-Megnatic: therefore means that it is not indicative of a million nats.
A "nat," of course is a player on the Washington DC major league baseball team, so these are tweezers which may under no circumstances be used by a million (or perhaps 1084576) Nationals ballplayers. These are, a fortiori also NON-GIGNATIC TWEEZERS.

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Google gives 3,060 results for "Megnatic", although I'm still none the wiser as to it's meaning.

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Before I wrote this it was under 3,000. They only one that seemed genuine (not a misspelling) was a username on a recipe site.

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Maybe it's not a misspelling in "No. 5 India" (which I take to mean the country in a parallel universe).

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LOL that intresting to know XD

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Megnatic is a derivative from the word Megnamaniac which we know all Evil Mad Scientists secretly are..

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Wow. Google doesn't know about megnamaniacs. Yet... I'm sure an outbreak of megnamania will happen to google one of these days. Interestingly, it reminds me more of magnanimity than of megalomania.

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These are clearly not for use with nutmeg or mace.
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It's obviously against all of the Megnatics. Everyone hates Meg! Just one more step to keeping this world Meg-free.

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The No.4 India Non-Megnatic tweezers are really just to small to get the job done.

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Since megnatic means a very generous person, then non-megnatic must mean a stingy person, So these are stingy tweezers, and that is why they have such tiny tips.

(yes I KNOW the word is magnanimous, but megnatic kind of sounds like....ok, never mind.)

(But see, it's funny because it explains why the tips are so tiny!!!!)

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the megnatic tweezers be a LIE!

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I'll try to find it again and send a photo but used to have a wonderful 'flush drive' USB memory key.

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Megna is a girl's name in India...
Maybe these tweezers should not be used by Megna?

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