Turns out the handle on a car ceiling has got a name and it makes perfect sense
It began with an innocent enough question on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ShineMyGold/status/913415733492830208
Here are some of the answers people came up with.
1.
to keep your armpits fresh when you roll the windows down on a hot day
— moira (@sadm8s) September 30, 2017
Next!
2.
Pretty sure it's a dry cleaning hook as well as leverage to assist elderly or injured individuals with getting in and out of the car
— KimmyKasị 🇳🇬 (@Kimmykasi) September 28, 2017
Too obvious, and anyway …
If you hang up dry cleaning on that handle, doesn’t it block your entire window? 😂
— Helen Ayres (@Raphaelite_Girl) October 3, 2017
3.
For people to lift themselves into the car with if they have trouble standing
— Haunted Pharm (@GayPharmD) September 28, 2017
We refer you to our answer to the previous suggestion.
4.
In Texas everyone knows it’s the “oh shit” handle
— travo (@Traviserickso14) September 29, 2017
That’s more like it! But what exactly is an ‘oh shit’ handle?
Oh shit handles ..to hold on if driver is getting to crazy
— RedNite_Exclusives (@RnExclusives) September 28, 2017
And this is the answer that really struck a chord with people, shared more than 100,000 times (and counting).
https://twitter.com/TaylorRaee23/status/914513529071374336
Also known as …
The mom over exaggerating handle
— libster💗💗 (@libster0615) September 29, 2017
And here it is in action.
@Hannah_f0rd @EleanorFergie @abbieeeno @joannaa_clark pic.twitter.com/tUt68ZeBTm
— Lizzy Magleave (@lizzymagleave) October 3, 2017
It turns out it’s also known as the ‘Jesus handle’. Different name, same reason.
— ESSKEETIT (@Juanatpower) September 29, 2017
This is what your mom holds onto when she likes to be dramatic while youre driving
— Jessica Romano (@_jessicaromano_) September 29, 2017
I LITERALLY SAW THIS AND WAS LIKE THATS MY MOM
— Kelly Beck (@kbeckyy) October 3, 2017
We’re sticking with ‘oh shit handle’. Frankly, we’re never going to call it anything else.