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Tiny metal exclamation points stabbing your to-do list into submission.
means Short pins with rounded or T-shaped handles you push into corkboards to hold notes and papers.
from Exactly what it says: a pin you push, a name so honest it skipped marketing entirely. The modern colorful plastic-topped version emerged in early 20th-century offices alongside the corkboard.
Map dutyWar rooms tracked battle lines with colored pins.
Edward MoorePatented the round-head push pin in 1900.
Digital afterlifeMap app location markers inherited their silhouette.