twistie

But that all changed when the "twistie" or CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) arrived on the scene a decade ago.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2009

Here you see the twistie thing for the hair, that matches.

Alfred Augustus Glendening 1861-1903 2009

Has most of her original parts, sans a bit of intestine she lost to hair twistie removal surgery.

August 19, 2009 2009

Why are bits and pieces of plastic, wrappers, paper, bread twistie things, bottle caps, and crumbled-up tissues and paper towels so difficult to put into the trash can?

Maria Rodale: Top 5 Greatest Mysteries of Housework, Plus Top 5 Records to Clean By 2009

The promise of a new day doesn't get me into matching socks and a complementing hair twistie, that's for sure.

I ramble while my stomach rumbles 2006

The twistie was blocking a chunk of her intestine, where it had kinked around a corner and made a resolution to stay.

not. funny. graphxgrrl 2007

Naturally, I took the remainder of the twistie away from her.

*gack* moriarty6 2004

I woke up to the sound of a distressed cat who had eaten half of a rubberband hair twistie ... and was contemplating the wisdom of snarfing down the remaining half -- despite the recently barfed up state of the first portion of the aforementioned coif accoutrement.

*gack* moriarty6 2004

I put each muffin into a cellophane bag and tied them with a twistie.

Our Adventures in Japan 2009

The curious thing to me is that they seem to be getting all twistie about the fact that there is more than one place to get applications.

MobileRead Forums 2008