Random part of the day: Plate 1X1 W/3.2 Shaft/1.5 Hole

@NatureBricks said:
"Probably the best piece LEGO has made in recent years."
Definitely one of the best modern elements!

Nipple

@Norikins said:
"Nipple"
Originally, they were indeed dubbed ‘nipple’ pieces. But lately, everyone has been calling them ‘stamp’ pieces. In AFOLdom, ‘StAMP’ already has a meaning, so I prefer the earlier name. Free the ‘nipple’!

Versatile this is, with a 3.2 shaft AND a 1.5 hole.

This has become one of my new favorite parts. It’s got a lot of great uses.

@PurpleDave because one of its first or at least most memorable uses was as a stamp in Brick Bank with a red 1x1 stud attached to the bottom, like a seal.

Personally I've always thought this piece looked like one of those Victorian light switches or (what I often use it as) the bells at the bottom of an Ericsson telephone.
There are lots of things this looks like apart from a nipple, some people are just immature sadly.

It is an extremely useful piece, I even used it recently in combination with some clips to attach pieces upside down to get better shaping for my old aeroplane MOCs.

And to allow a minifig to hold onto a sail to recreate the Erroll Flynn scene where he uses a knife to slide down a sail.

I call this an inkwell piece.

@Brickchap said:
"Personally I've always thought this piece looked like one of those Victorian light switches or (what I often use it as) the bells at the bottom of an Ericsson telephone.
There are lots of things this looks like apart from a nipple, some people are just immature sadly. "
Immature in the same way that engineers, mechanics, electricians and carpenters are throughout the English-speaking world when they speak of ‘male’ and ‘female’ components?

I think we can all agree that this LEGO piece should be called ‘the bell at the bottom of an Ericsson telephone part’. Much shorter and more intuitive than calling it a ‘nipple’.

Amusingly enough, this has been used on the top of drinking vessels (the bottle in 60290, for example) but has never been used as a baby bottle's nipple, possibly because there's already a baby bottle piece.

@Brickchap:
I think you missed the sarcasm. Male, female, and nipple are terms used in engineering because they impart knowledge efficiently, but they do so by referencing human biology. So, some people will be immature by following suit, and others will be prudish by freaking out about it. Brick Bank may have used one, but it’s a tiny part if a very large set. I don’t remember if the term “nipple tile” had already been coined by 2017, but if it hadn’t, an arguably more famous use (where it accounted for 1/6th of the set) was the S17 Dance Instructor, where it was used as the nipple on her water bottle. If it predates that use, then the use of the term was certainly reinforced by it.

Hehehehehehehehe... Nipple.

The conversations here make me laugh.

Sometimes, you just gotta lighten up and have some fun. We're a community with POOP, BURP, and SNOT as acronyms, I don't think anyone's getting offended at a nipple or two.

As fat as I'm concerned, it is an infinity stone holder.

Hmmm...think I walked in on a "Seinfeld" segment; ok...NEWMEN!!!

But seriously, I like the use of these: Air Hockey paddles, weapon/gun muzzles (same for energy weapons too), and of course; bottle tops (ketchup, mustard, milk, never mix these up...:))

No nipple. It's bad for the childs.

Thankfully someone had the foresight to censor "nipple" with "shaft" and "hole". The childs are safe now!