poppy Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I am referring to the little storage compartment above the passengers' knees in a car. I have always said 'glove box'. I used the term with a friend and she looked at me like I had two heads. So what do you call it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove Compartment, but I have heard the term Glove Box before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 a glove box ... what's it supposed to be called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment It should be called the car's carp box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. Is there another name? NB: I grew up in the Midwest. Maybe it's a regional thing like pop vs. soda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. When I saw the title, I thought other people might name theirs something like Howard or Paco or Tina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soufflegirl Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or glove compartment. Unless I'm really tired, then I call it "the thingy with the stuff in it." :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. Which is weird, since I've never seen anyone put gloves in there. It should be the "car manual, insurance & registration and whatever else will fit in there compartment." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment or glove box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. I've heard quite a few people around here call it a jockey box. That might be a local thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candicane Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. Glove Box too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or glove compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. I do put a pair of gloves in the glove compartment just because my hands get cold easily and I have spare gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 glove box.... what did your friend call it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or glove compartment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Another vote for glove box or glove compartment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or compartment. I've never heard it called anything else though gloves aren't stored inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I grew up saying jockey box and glove box. Probably jockey box more. I grew up in Alaska but my mom was from Utah/Oregon and my dad is from New Jersey. I'm not sure which of them said jockey box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or glove compartment. Or glove department if you happen to be my 7 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I grew up calling it glove compartment but lately I notice I've been saying glove box. Not sure where/when I picked that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I use glove box and glove compartment interchangeably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or compartment, I say both. DS was just asking me the other day why it's called that. Even though I feel as old as dirt sometimes, driving gloves were before my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittanyM Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. I've lived in CA my whole life, as have my parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. I've never heard the term 'glove box' until seeing this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or glove compartment. I've never heard the term jockey box that some PP mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 We called it the glove compartment in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina. I learned to call it a glove box when I came to California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I thought a jockey box was an insulated container for cooling beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Wow, I haven't head the term jockey box since I was little. My dad used to call it that. :0) He was from Wisconsin and they had a dairy farm, so maybe it was a regional or farm term? ETA: I found reference to the term Jockey box in a dictionary from the late 1800s, describing it as a box under the seat of a wagon used to hold small things. That makes sense, since my dad was born in 1925 and remembers when they got their first car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 It is a "glove box" or "glove compartment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box or the box of wonders :) I live in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermo Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Jockey box, parents from Idaho. I have been ridiculed for years!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. They did use to "driving gloves" back in the day (my Dad's day, not mine :001_smile: ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. I'm familiar with Glove Compartment, too. I can't imagine what else to call it! What is your friend's name for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. Is there another name? NB: I grew up in the Midwest. Maybe it's a regional thing like pop vs. soda? Glove box here in the mid-atlantic too. I've also heard Glove compartment - and maybe some in my extended family call it that. Don't really know. It's not the kind of thing we discuss when gathering for weddings and funerals. :lol: Besides those two - is there another option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment but I'd know what you meant by glove box. I have never heard of jockey box and wouldn't know what someone meant if they said it before reading this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove compartment. Come to think of it, mine has never actually had gloves in it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 A mess? That's what it is. But yes, it's a glove box or glove compartment. Not that mine has any gloves. Maps, owners manual, leather folder with registration, insurance etc. Some emergency cash. Some tissues. 174 pens, none of which works when needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I don't know if anyone outside of my group of friends says it, but it's always been "glovey". That looks weird. I've only said it, never written it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I don't know if anyone outside of my group of friends says it, but it's always been "glovey". That looks weird. I've only said it, never written it. This is a common term in my circle, too. Glove box, glove compartment, glovey, just open the damn door in front of your knees and hand me _________. I use them all. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I call it The Thingy, The mad pointing motions are silent. Mostly silent. We really only pay attention to it when we have an immediate need for something. Napkins for a messy sneeze, insurance and registration for the cop that pulled me over ... Same goes for the kids. If I'm distracted, everyone is YOU. No, not you - the OTHER you! Those mad pointing motions are much less silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box. When I want to be long winded, glove compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2samlibby Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Glove Box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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