Is IT a ZerT Or a ZerK?

[bcp]

My grandfather called 'em Alemites, and I call them alemites.

Zerk sold out early, He doesn't deserve the fame.

Alemite:

Lubrication Fittings - Alemite

From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_fitting
The patent for the Zerk fitting was granted to Oscar U. Zerk in January 1929, and the assignee was the Alemite Manufacturing Corporation

Bruce

 

[npalen]

So where did "Zert" come from?
Urban Dictionary: zert

One of the definitions of "zert" in the above dictionary:
zert
persian or farsi word for fart
"zert with the wind"
"fart with the wind"

 

[smstonypoint]

One of the definitions of "zert" in the above dictionary:
zert
persian or farsi word for fart
"zert with the wind"
"fart with the wind"

How crude.

The appropriate term in polite society is "backdoor breeze."

Sincerely,
Emily Post (deceased)

 

[Looking4new]

I only ever heard them called 'grease nipples/fittings'. Zerk is a new one on me, heard first on TBN.

 

[Wagtail]

I only ever heard them called 'grease nipples/fittings'. Zerk is a new one on me, heard first on TBN.

Yeah, I know. Same here. Seeing as the majority of TBN members are from the USA, it's somewhat of a colloquialism. (Pssst... don't get them started on what a biscuit is, they think it's a "cookie"; not a scone. :laughing

 

[Looking4new]

Yeah, I know. Same here. Seeing as the majority of TBN members are from the USA, it's somewhat of a colloquialism. (Pssst... don't get them started on what a biscuit is, they think it's a "cookie"; not a scone. :laughing

My Brit D-I-L calls a biscuit a scone.

 

[homedad]

I like nipple. I mean who doesn't like nipple?

 

[bdog]

Zerk. People who call them zerts or even certs are just ignorant. Note ignorant means "lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular." I didn't say they were dumb or stupid they just don't know any better.

 

[jim44]

Always just been "grease fitting" to me. I learned "zerk" on here, too.

 

[2ndhalf]

I like nipple. I mean who doesn't like nipple?

Been Zerk all my life but I agree.. I'm switching to nipple too :drink: