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Other names for sex bolts, or (in some cases) for the female half specifically, include:

  • architectural bolts,[1]
  • barrel bolts,[citation needed]
  • barrel nuts,[2]
  • binding barrels,[3]
  • book screws[4] or book binding screws,[5]
  • Chicago screws,[2] or Chicago binding screws and posts,[6]
  • connector bolts,[7][8]
  • female screws,[2]
  • posts and screws, screws and posts,[9] or screw-in-post fasteners,
  • sleeve nuts[10]
  • splint screws.

sex nut

sex screw

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As a German, I've been told, that in English 'screw' and 'mother' are rarely being used together in an engineering context.

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On McMasterCarr they are binding barrel and sleeve nuts. As far as I'm concerned it's only what they name it that matters because that.is who I'm buying it from.

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I like that it waits until the end of the second paragraph to even suggest there might be another name.

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