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  2. Wikipedia:Using nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Do not insert a nickname into the name, as in: Xen "Fisty" Zounds; unless the most common name for the subject in reliable sources is that exact form, with the nickname added mid-name, as in Benjamin "Pap" Singleton. This is quite rare. When it does arise, use the quotation marks so readers understand it is not part of the person's legal name.

  3. Custom wheel - Wikipedia

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    They were designed to independently rotate and spin by using one or more roller bearings to isolate the spinner from the wheel, enabling it to spin while the wheel is at rest. In the early stages of the invention during the mid 1990s, the Tru-Spinners invention was only used on custom cars and on show cars in competitions which continued on ...

  4. Spinner (wheel) - Wikipedia

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    Two bladed spinner on a wire wheel 1967 AMC simulated wire wheel cover with spinner. The spinner or "knock-off" originated with Rudge-Whitworth center lock wire wheels and hubs, which were first patented in 1908. [1] [2] The spinner was a threaded, winged nut designed to keep the wheel fastened to the hub. They were screwed on and "knocked on ...

  5. Throbber - Wikipedia

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    A throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a blocking action is being performed in the background. A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background (such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations or communicating with an external device).

  6. Wheels (nickname) - Wikipedia

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    Wheels is the nickname of: Eric Magennis (born 1937 or 1938), Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player and archer; Michael Russell (tennis) (born 1978), American tennis player; Matthew Whelan (born 1979), former Australian rules football player; Brian Wheeler, play-by-play radio announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball ...

  7. Spinner (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Example of a spinner together with a text box, placed above a check box. A spinner or numeric updown is a graphical control element with which a user may adjust a value in an adjoining text box by either clicking on an up or down arrow, by pressing an arrow key down or moving mouse wheel, [1] causing the value in the text box to increase (if the up arrow is held down) or decrease (if the down ...

  8. Nickname - Wikipedia

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    Use of the generational suffix, like "Junior", or nicknames associated with a particular generational suffix, like Trey or Tripp for III. Combination of the first and middle name, or variations of a person's first and middle name. For example, a person may have the name Mary Elizabeth but has the nickname "Maz" or "Miz" by combining Mary and Liz.

  9. Spinner - Wikipedia

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    a person who engages in article spinning; Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure; Spinner (website), a music website owned by AOL; Spinner (wheel), an accessory that goes on an automobile wheel and spins independently; Spinner, a locomotive of the former Midland Railway 115 Class in the UK; a machine used to do spin coating in manufacturing