What do you call these where you are from?
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sock_cooker@reddit
Tacky
benjymous@reddit
It's a yale door lock with a wicker heart thing dangling from it.
If you're asking how I'd tell someone to leave the lock in an open position so anyone can enter, I'd say "can you put the door on the latch?"
unkie87@reddit
I'd say snib. Which is a fun word.
Pin1888@reddit
Snib here as well.
NotMyUsualChoice@reddit
I've lived just over half of my life in Scotland, and before moving north of the border I had lived just under half of it in the North of England.
The catch on a Yale lock has always been, and always will be, referred to as the snib. đ
jolittletime@reddit
100% Scottish.. snib.
87KingSquirrel@reddit
Yep use s"snib" to
Sad-Wrap6555@reddit
not sure I'd call it Scottish - snib is the official term used by the original manufacturer (Yale)
Snailyleen@reddit
Sneck here - âput the sneck onâ
Dollypuggle@reddit
A sneak is a nose where I come from.
hyakyakyak@reddit
Yep. Leave it on the snib
HotPinkLollyWimple@reddit
Hence the phrase âlatch key childrenâ, because doors were left on the latch when no one was home. We were not trusted with keys!
ExecutiveChimp@reddit
That's not quite right, is it? Latch key kids have a key to let themselves in. Otherwise they'd just be latch children.
RetiredFromIT@reddit
Agreed - by what we called it, it's a Yale lock, even a "yale-style lock" if not actually by Yale. I last had to deal with one of these, 20+ years ago, and locked myself out far too often!
I understand "can you put the door on the latch" or even "the catch", but we would have said "raise the latch".
DeadAnarchistPhil@reddit
Greater Manchester here. Yup, same, we call it a latch too. Others seem to call it different things in different parts of the country.
Do_You_Like_Owls@reddit
Put-lock ont' latch.
BirdieStitching@reddit
We used to say "leave the door on the click"
Broken_Woman20@reddit
Yes, I agree. I call it a Yale lock and would say leave the door on the latch as well.
Big_Dave990@reddit
Me too. Iâve always called it the latch as well.
Jumpy-Scallion-9463@reddit
Or "the snib"
Friendly_External345@reddit
Latch
itsmerelycommonsense@reddit
Doors.
Gepetto83@reddit
Sneck
matti-san@reddit
Same here in Lincolnshire. Might hear someone say 'sneck it to'. But, weirdly, where I am a 'sneck' can also be a tight spot like you might say 'I'm parked in a bit of a sneck'
GeordieAl@reddit
Same here. Northumberland/Newcastle always put the door on the sneck before going out
Snailyleen@reddit
Same here - south Cumbria. Iâm curious about the distribution of this term!
LittleGateaux@reddit
I've heard snick or sneck and I'm from the North East.
jackyboiiii95@reddit (OP)
I beg your pardon
socksdadsandsleaze@reddit
Put it on the latch, or put the snib on.
_FreddieLovesDelilah@reddit
Latch. We say âleave it on the latchâ.
ConflictOfEvidence@reddit
South Wales here. We always called it the catch.
jacquetpotato@reddit
Snib!
quentinia@reddit
"kick lock"
It is what I'd heard they were nicknamed after I got burgalled whilst having this when I was a student in London. Never again will I live somewhere that doesn't have a proper lock built into the door.
Jordment@reddit
A snip
taro354@reddit
Iâve never heard any of this. So Iâd call it stupid.
Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit
Sneck
Arbernaut@reddit
Doors.
LauraPa1mer@reddit
Deadbolt
Lea32R@reddit
The snip.
Relevant-Form-3351@reddit
Snib. North of Scotland.
CurrentlyHuman@reddit
A latch. Can put the snib on to lock it open/closed.
FrostyRydia@reddit
South East - Latch
"I've put the door on the latch"
Individual-Web-2547@reddit
The latch.
psyper76@reddit
I'd say - put the door on the latch.
Pmyers225@reddit
It would be door on t'latch for me... Yes I am a Yorkshireman
Dutch_Slim@reddit
Put wood in tâhole đ we are cockney but always say this. Not the question asked but your reply made me smile
Amazing-Heron-105@reddit
I live in the south-west but me and my mates went through of a phase of pretending to be Northern when we were teenagers. Lots of aye ups, and t'words.
teatabletea@reddit
Do you live in a dip?
Pmyers225@reddit
Im from a dump (Rotherham)
ExaminationSpare486@reddit
As a fellow Yorkshireman, the t' would only be used for special occasions, like of t' shop. The t' on this occasion would be more like a mild noise uttered.
Pmyers225@reddit
A fellow man of culture I see... I suppose a better pronunciation of it would be more "on pause latch"
Bensmokes@reddit
Me Three.
LimesFruit@reddit
yeah same here, everyone knows what I mean when I say that so no problems
whitefire9999@reddit
A liability⌠those old Yale locks are terrible you can kick them in easily then they just shut as normal afterwards like nothings happened, I know because years ago I locked myself out and thought wonder if I can kick it in without to much damage? and it went first time with no damage at all đđđ
TH1CCARUS@reddit
Never heard âsnibâ in my life.
TheNinthGateLCF@reddit
I'm from Northern Ireland and would call it a snib.Â
Lumpy_Benefit666@reddit
Same. This is going to be the start of another cob vs bap vs barmcake style war, i can feel it
Complex-Honeydew-111@reddit
Alley vs snicket vs ginnel
Yachting-Mishaps@reddit
Careful, you're going to upset the people from Leicester who insist on calling it a jitty.
DeadAnarchistPhil@reddit
Cubby hole vs. a cupboard, specifically the space under the stairs.Â
Monochrome247@reddit
I think you'll find that that's a wynd.
Monochrome247@reddit
Having been brought up in Aberdeen, I'd like to add "softie" to the mix.
Basic-Pangolin553@reddit
The snib is the little button/slider that locks the latch. The latch is the whole apparatus.
Stabbycrab1@reddit
Yeah thatâs what I was getting at with snib, probably didnât clarify that well.
Weâd call the separate door chain the latch. The lock itself we just call the lock or even just a yale
Technically speaking itâs a deadlatch so youâre closest to the truth. But I do enjoy learning about different colloquial terms for these things!
Stabbycrab1@reddit
Itâs a Yale lock here, but we do refer to putting the snib up or down
Fyonella@reddit
Iâve always known it as a sneck. âLeave the sneck onâ but Iâd know what âsnibâ meant too.
Stabbycrab1@reddit
Ooo sneck is a new one on me! The other commenter might be right, this is going to be the new cob vs bap debate again đ
Although I do enjoy seeing how different parts of the country refer to the same thing
MarieCry@reddit
Also snib, Scotland.
I always like to ask people what they call the shelf above the fire or the remote control because you similarly get a variety of answers!
Mantlepiece and the button(s) for me. I don't think anyone else has told me button back lol so I acknowledge the strangeness. Channel chopper was the most interesting I heard.
EsotericSnail@reddit
I understand snib but Iâd say sneck. Grew up in Liverpool but parents are from North East, so Iâm not sure which part of the country âsneckâ came from.
ScallyGirl@reddit
I am from Liverpool and we would say 'put it on the snip' never understood why, but maybe it is a bastardisation of snib.
orchidieus@reddit
Same. We say snip. I always associated it with the little 'snip' sound it makes when you push it
KezzaK2608@reddit
I'm from Newcastle and I call it a sneck.
Felchers@reddit
I'm Merseyside and call it sneck. Never heard of snib!
Due-Tea-2462@reddit
Northern Ireland here. We always said snib in my house.
HolzMartin1988@reddit
It's a yale lock and they are the best thing ever invented lol. You can close the main door quietly by putting the key in the keyhole turn it to open close bring the door forward and then lock quietly. Make sure the "snib" is the right way though lol and remember your keys lol
rorobear14@reddit
We called it the snick. From Leicester.
loveswimmingpools@reddit
I think we said 'on the catch' but maybe I just misheard 'latch' and have been saying it wrong all these years đ¤
Sea-Salamander-5222@reddit
Latch
xander012@reddit
When pulling on it, it's a door knob, when twisting it's a latch. It's knobs all the way down with how I refer to these fuckers ngl
Less_Height_4716@reddit
Somerset, Snib but my late father was Scots.
Euphoric-Piglet-8140@reddit
Door latch.
Jaimukas@reddit
As someone in the Lock industry, I can tell you its a Night Latch, and Yale is the brand, not the type of lock.
Mildmiddlechild@reddit
Batten down the hatches and man the mizenmast me hearties, personally.
Sea_Pomegranate8229@reddit
'on the latch'
stiletto929@reddit
In the US, deadbolt.
fr3yababii33@reddit
Latch or catch here
Bowtie327@reddit
âYale lockâ
I first saw one in the TARDIS door in Doctor Who when I was little, at the time I didnât realise Yale made all sorts of locks, not just this type of
Suspicious_Field_429@reddit
The f***ing snib
samworthy85@reddit
Sneck. Jennings brewery from Cockermouth used to make a fine ale called Sneck Lifter đ
Sensitive-Youth-9803@reddit
Door latch
Ich_Nichten_Lichten-@reddit
Snib (in Reading in case its a locale thing).
WhiteDiamondK@reddit
âLeave the door on the latchâ
UselessDood@reddit
It's a latch. Devon born, moved to Liverpool
SerafinaSheffield@reddit
Yale locks
tartar-buildup@reddit
Latch. Never heard of âsnibâ
Kim_catiko@reddit
Never heard of snib. I would say leave the door on latch.
bbgun24@reddit
Latch and the Blair Witch project attached to it
Fast_Boysenberry9493@reddit
When I read "dub the door" I heard that dubstep with guy saying Where's my money! Dwuarppppp!! Doot dooot Doot doot doot
Temporary_Fennel7479@reddit
Deadlock
FuzzySnake43@reddit
Strong independent women
Simple-Intention8411@reddit
Latch locks
GaryJM@reddit
I'd call it a latch, though I do hear people say snib too.
Wonderful_Affect_664@reddit
Iâve been brought up to use latch but since hearing the word snib, I prefer to use that instead.
It has since mutated to a verb
Can you snibbulate the door please
Basic-Pangolin553@reddit
The snib is part of the latch
Furaclee@reddit
Kundee in hindi
lovesorangesoda636@reddit
The snib. The whole lock is "the yale" but the little button is the snib.
SpecialYapper@reddit
That's a snick.
Sad-Wrap6555@reddit
most folk call the lock a Yale lock which is a bit like calling a vacuum cleaner a hoover as they are synonymous with them
its a traditional surface night latch and the little piece to hold the latch in its retracted position is called a 'snib' function by Yale themselves
You can also get surface mounted rim locks that look similar but those use a mechanically throwable flat sided deadbolt, rather than a sprung wedge shaped auto throwing latch
Educational-Ride-640@reddit
DOOR ???
Tumeni1959@reddit
I call it a Yale lock. The bit that projects into the keeper on the door frame is the "snib" as others are calling it.
Handsom_modest_Dan@reddit
This is a Yale night latch
Pops had a diploma in architectural ironmongery
Handsom_modest_Dan@reddit
The night latch or the wicker heart ?
Dear_General1657@reddit
Iâd call it a latch BUT, I used to live in the North East where I heard it called a âsneckâ.
Anxious_Common_4193@reddit
ours is a little chain than goes into another area so we call ours the chain but this I'd just call a lock
n3m0sum@reddit
A standard Yale latching slam lock.
paintedpolkadot@reddit
The sneck! As in âput the sneck onâ
Exotic_Lobster6039@reddit
It is called a night latch. Yale would be the same a hover. Just a brand name
ResplendentBear@reddit
It's a door lock.
AFAIK a snib and a dub are things from Quidditch.
AllThatIHaveDone@reddit
Neither of those things are Quidditch terms.
ResplendentBear@reddit
Whoosh
AllThatIHaveDone@reddit
Tedious.
ResplendentBear@reddit
Pedant.
AllThatIHaveDone@reddit
I'm pedantic because you tried to crack a weak joke whereby you just spelled the words wrong and I didn't intuit that? Huh? What even is this interaction? đ
ResplendentBear@reddit
Dude, I just whooshed you. You're the one who started throwing insults around, and are now acting like the aggrieved party.
Try learning to take a joke. Or not spending your time correcting people on insignificant things online. Or maybe both.
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BillPayers@reddit
Latch, never heard snib, or if I did I didn't understand and possibly, obliviously, locked someone in/out
CollThom@reddit
Snib
ThisIsMyRedditAcct20@reddit
Dumb AI question. Itâs a latch. Now stop using us to train robots
Winston_Carbuncle@reddit
It's not, though. It's a mortice lock. That's it's actual name.
happyanathema@reddit
It's a night latch not a mortice
Winston_Carbuncle@reddit
The type of lock is called a mortice by the manufacturers and the industry.
ThisIsMyRedditAcct20@reddit
Alright. And my Trainers are 2026 Adidas Sambas Blue and Red with a stone soul
Honibajir@reddit
Sneck
Kwentchio@reddit
Northern Irish chiming in, we say snib.
Final_Anybody_3862@reddit
Yale, latch.
Why_do_I_bother999@reddit
The correct name of the lock is a rim nightlatch. The button to hold the latch in or lock it out is a snib button.
Immediate-Ad-8047@reddit
Im from earth, we call this a Yale lock, dead lock, drop lock, and a silver heart Christmas decoration. Hope this helps
WrongExplanation1065@reddit
Snib, catch, latch
DignityIndex@reddit
I call it a deadbolt
Dayervid@reddit
The sneck in Sunderland
GreekVicar@reddit
As a child I knew it as a snick
Creative_Resource_82@reddit
Annoying?
ThatNegro98@reddit
Latch
richStoke@reddit
The sneck
TroublesomeTaurus@reddit
West Scotland, snib is what we all said to keep it open. Dub the door meant to lock it.
WhyN0tToast@reddit
If you asked me to dub the door I would frantically flap the letter box open and closed and say "welcome my young apprentice....you have much to learn...first you must master...paint the fence!"
Special-Accountant63@reddit
Snib" is such a great word, Iâve always known it as "on the latch" where Iâm from, but I love how regional these little terms can get.
TSC-99@reddit
Latch. Never heard of snib.
edaddyo@reddit
In London. I always refer to it as the night latch.
NortonBurns@reddit
I grew up calling it a Yale, no matter who it was made by. If you open it & click the little switch, then it's 'on the latch' so latch would be understood too.
benjymous@reddit
Yeah, "Yale" is specifically "door lock that automatically closes and locks when the door is shut" rather than "Lock manufactured by Yale".
Just like you'd know I meant a vaccuum cleaner if I talked about a Hoover
NortonBurns@reddit
Yeah. I hoover the house every week. I haven't ever owned anything made by Hoover in my entire life ;)
Therashser@reddit
My grandma always corrected me back as far as the 80s, I still hoover though.
Pmyers225@reddit
Or Tannoy for public address system
dobber72@reddit
It's confusing in my household because my Hoover is a washing machine.
Anon_Fodder@reddit
Snib is mostly used in Scotland I think
Flippin_Drutt@reddit
Yeah we call it the snib
Jumpy-Scallion-9463@reddit
Oh Leeds Yorkshire! Nope. Doesn't work for me.
stauer88@reddit
We call it the snip. It's been quite a nice surprise to realise we've just been butchering the Scottish version unknowingly.
Melchior_Chopstick@reddit
A door.
ChemistForward4329@reddit
I'm in NI and have always called it the snib too
Odd_Mycologist_9241@reddit
We always called it the snek " Have you put the snek on"
Infamous-Bite-1246@reddit
Yale lock. Even if the brand isn't Yale. It's still a Yale lock đ
Vanbursta1@reddit
A door lock, as in "lock the door"
hippiehappos@reddit
Lock âcan you lock the doorâÂ
MrCowabs@reddit
Latch or sneck
Informal_Television7@reddit
I would say, put the catch on
unstoppablemuscle@reddit
Latch
dizzycow84@reddit
I've always called it a snib
ImColinDentHowzTrix@reddit
OP without doxing yourself would you be comfortable telling us what part of the country you're from? Fascinating that no one else in the comments has heard of this other than you.
jackyboiiii95@reddit (OP)
Iâm in the west of Scotland although I see a lot of people calling it a snib? Are you referring to âdub the doorâ? Iâve only heard that a couple of times and itâs usually council estate older people
ImColinDentHowzTrix@reddit
Great how we can have such variety. I bet it's one of those things that go back centuries if you tried to track it through time.
scottgal2@reddit
Yup the snib / the catch.
mad-fancy@reddit
Tat
SGRiggall@reddit
Night latch or just latch
DanFarrell98@reddit
Door
ehco@reddit
Deadlock.
Serious_Badger_4145@reddit
LatchÂ
Your_so_jay_dood@reddit
Chubb lock, It is a brand but from childhood always called it that. I believe we had a âChubbâ lock on our door when I was a kid.
BrendanOhPea@reddit
It's a night latch
These-Lie-5854@reddit
Id call the lock itself the latch. The wee slider which can prevent it latching is called the snib
El_Zilcho@reddit
If I am inside the UK I call it a Yale lock but rest of the English speaking world calls it a night latch, I was shopping for smart locks from an American company and found out it was incompatible with Yale locks which I only found when switching terminology to night latch.
YOF626@reddit
A snib
Neorxnawang-Christ@reddit
Doors
Foreign-Violinist-11@reddit
The snib. I remember being told as a kid to leave the snib up if family were coming over to our house, or at night being asked to go check the snib was down before bed. Snib is right, latch is boring people talk.
PhilOakeysFringe@reddit
"Catch" or sometimes "latch" in my family (Bristol).
Flippin_Drutt@reddit
The snib.
SithoDude@reddit
Live Love laugh key ring edition
pip_goes_pop@reddit
A snib, which has reminded me of an event that really pissed me off.
I locked myself out of my house once and called a locksmith out. He was struggling to get in so said "oh I bet the snib's up". I told him it definitely wasn't as it would be impossible for it to be up as I exited from the front door and nobody else lived there. As he struggled more and more to open it he'd repeat "you must have put the snib up", trying to find an excuse for why his usual technique didn't work. This wound me up as I knew it couldn't be up.
He eventually got in by drilling it out (he was a shit locksmith) opened the door and I saw him reach round and put the snib up, only to then say "yeah look the snib was up". I was fuming at the twat.
BedaFomm@reddit
I have also locked myself out, and had to call a locksmith. He also âcouldnât open it with his plastic thingâ, but was miraculously able to drill it out for a much bigger fee. Funny that.
algypan@reddit
Snek
mattzaliar@reddit
Put the sneck on!
Upawha@reddit
Snib
Neddlings55@reddit
If we are talking about the heart, then fucking annoying.
My mother has them on every fucking handle available in her house.
MissSparkleMuffin@reddit
Usually "the thingy" (adhd).
Where I'm from, the latch. Moved up north and was so confused when I heard 'snib' the first time
toady89@reddit
The latch, I may have purposefully removed the button from the slider when we had one in a building of shared flats when others kept leaving it on the latch.
Fact-Hunter-@reddit
Itâs a latch lock, often referred to as a Yale lock because they were a leading manufacturer of this type.
Leaving the âdoor on the latchâ is how youâd leave it open / unlocked.
Iâve never some across the word âsnibâ before.
life-ofthefuneral@reddit
Never heard of snib, weâd say latch or snek!
SiriusBlack99999@reddit
I have always called them the latch.
theNixher@reddit
An easy target in 2026.
Winston_Carbuncle@reddit
Mortice (sp) lock
stillnoteeth@reddit
Snick
belliest_endis@reddit
A heart
Frankkienz@reddit
Locks, B&Q and mist hardware shops.
Morris_Alanisette@reddit
To me, a snib is a secret key you can use to put a lock "on latch". We have them all over at work so doors can be left unlocked during working hours and then locked at night.
Scratchy-cat@reddit
We called it the latch I think, I only really remember it as 'put the door on the latch'
Sharp_Budget_4416@reddit
Grew up in the Midlands calling it the latch. "Leave it on the latch" if I was nipping out for milk and someone was on their way over. Moved to London and snib is genuinely news to me, sounds Scottish to my ear.
Chrispy_GB@reddit
I'd call it a lock and I'm surprised that something like this is open to interpretation.
DameKumquat@reddit
yeah, but what sort of lock?
The latch is the bit that goes in and out, and the snib is the slider to hold the door on the latch or not.
cglotr@reddit
Leave the door on the latch please
seriousherenow@reddit
That's the snib
_Daftest_@reddit
Yeah the snib isn't the whole thing it's the little sliding dome-shaped switch
here-but-not-present@reddit
It's a yale lock, but I would ask "can you snib the door" (with snib being a verb rather than a noun).
rileyvace@reddit
It's a nightlatch.
Yahoo_Rye@reddit
Snib (Fife)
Affectionate_You7621@reddit
Yeah its a pale lock even though its a brand.
Like calling a vacuum cleaner a hoover.
The bit you move up and down is the nightlatch.
The other lock you have on doors is called a mortice lock with the big key.
Maxi-Moo-Moo@reddit
Snib or latch. Usually it was 'leave the latch off' and 'put the Snib on'.
Richje@reddit
Latch. âLeave the door on the latchâ meaning leave it in such a way as it doesnât require a key to open from the other side
Oodlydang@reddit
I've always called it a snip
Itsstillyourturn@reddit
Its a Yale night latch with a snib (some come without the snib)
AllThatIHaveDone@reddit
It's a Yale lock. The snib is the little bit you push across to lock it in the open or shut positions.
oPlayer2o@reddit
Iâd call it a door latch, from the inside but Iâd call it a door lock, from the outside.
necronomicoder@reddit
Yale Lock
zephyrmox@reddit
Yale lock.
Puzzleheaded-Lynx204@reddit
I'd call it a Yale lock and if I wanted to use it I'd say I'd left it on the latch.
No_Economy6175@reddit
I came to say snib
snakeoildriller@reddit
"Burglar's Friend"
xhaggishunter@reddit
Snib
dandotcomhacked69@reddit
shabby chic shit
As for the lock? Latch
airdriejambo@reddit
Snib
bishibashi@reddit
Latch. Iâd know what you mean if you said snib though.
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