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History: Q-tips were invented by Leo Gerstenzang in the 1920's, originally they were cotton balls attached to a toothpick. Modern q-tips are still cotton balls, but they are wrapped around a plastic or wooden rod. The "q" in Q-Tip stands for quality.

Purpose: Commonly used for cleaning ear canals and removing ear wax, this is not the recommended use by doctors because it can lead to blocking the ear canal with wax or damaging the ear drum. Other uses of the q-tip are for applying and removing make-up, arts & crafts and cleaning. Within the medical field, q-tips are larger 5in are greater and are used to take microbiological cultures (samples) from bacteria or genetic areas.

Dictionary/ Thesaurus: America: Q-tips, England: Cotton Buds, South-Africa: Ear Buds

Object/ Word Usage: Q-tip is also the name of an American Rapper