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the part you grab so the dangerous part doesn't grab you
means The part of an object made to be held or grasped, or more broadly a name, nickname, or means by which something is controlled or managed.
from From Old English 'handle,' a noun built straight off 'hand' — literally the small thing-for-the-hand. The verb 'to handle' (to touch, manage, deal with) grew from the same root, since what you grip you also control. The slang sense of 'handle' as a nickname is much later, from the idea of a name being something you take hold of a person by — a metaphor that runs from criminals' aliases through CB radio chatter to the username age.
- old roots
- From Old English, literally meaning a thing for the hand
- sword wisdom
- Grasping a blade by the wrong end ends badly
- online alias
- Username traces back to CB radio nicknames
- animal control
- To handle livestock means to manage their behavior
- hidden door
- Many fancy cabinets disguise handles as decorative trim
handle on big ben — the iconic clock tower in london, completed 1859, has a large handle used to wind the mechanism
door handles at versailles — ornate gilt bronze handles throughout the palace near paris, installed during louis xiv's reign 1661-1715