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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (7 children)

And for the actually curious; it was originally to hold pocket watches

[–] lunarul 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I always thought it was for lighters

[–] Linnce 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Turns out, it's for whatever you put in there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This is the answer... But don't tell the prudes, please.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

I was a pocket watch user in the time before we all carried phones all the time and I cursed all pants without a fob pocket in those days.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

its actually for your lil baggie of cocaine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was always taught it was called a ‘fob pocket’, as in a pocket for your fob watch (the old name for a pocket watch) but I only knew that because my grandfather collected fob watches. I was also taught that the little pocket near the hip of the inside of a coat is called a fob pocket for the same reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm not really sure about it's actual name since i'm not a native speaker; i basically shoehorned the translation

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

it makes for a great card holder for metros or any situation where you need to have a card in a quickly accessable place

[–] BleatingZombie 2 points 6 months ago

"A what watch?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Steve Jobs said it was for the iPod shuffle