Aglet. Thanks Phineas and Ferb!

I'm too old to know what Phineas and Ferb is, but when I was young I used to love knowing obscure words like:

• The indent between your upper lip and your nose is called the philtrum (more commonly known now because of piercings

• The recess on the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt.

• The infinity symbol (like a sideways 8) is a lemniscate

• The cap on the pointy end of an umbrella, or any other tubular thing (including a pencil) is called a ferrule

• The space between your eyebrows is your glabella

Etc. Anyway, aglet was one of those. I was always so happy when I had an opportunity to use one ("Oh, man, my aglet broke!").

Aglets.

Aglets, and it’s 100% due to Phineas and Ferb

Telomeres for your shoestrings

I personally don't know what they're called but to my cat that's called food.

Aglet. Not Phineas & Ferb. Terraria.

Aglets. Terraria my beloved.

Aglet. Thanks phineas and ferb!

Aglets

Aglet - phineas and ferb

Aglet. Another shout-out to Phineas and Ferb.

Aglet. Archie comics did a bit on them, that's where I learned

Easy. The 80s and older crowd will know this from some inherent eldritch knowledge or have no idea. But everyone else will know this from Jimmy Neutron.
scrolling through the comments, seeing Phineas and Ferb everywhere

I'm only in my mid twenties. Y'all need to stop making me feel old.

Aglet - Jimmy Neutron

Shoes.

Shoes, with the Aglets of the laces resting upon them.

Aglets.

And their true purpose is sinister.

🎶 A, G, L, E, T, Aglets! Don't forget it 🎶

^^^One word at a time^^^

OP, they’re obviously called aglets.

Didn’t Phineas and Ferb teach you anything?

What, the shoes?

Aglets. Learned that from Phineas and Ferb.

A picture of a shoe, with laces, which have plastic aglets on the ends.

I knew a kid once who said when he grew up that he wanted to be the guy that puts the aglets on shoelaces.

I don't know what ever happened to him, but I like to think he found his calling in shoe plastics.

You wanna maybe use a red circle mate?

Aglets

Ferrule

I only know they are aglets thanks to "Repossessed!" Fantastic spoof of The Exorcist with Leslie Neilson and Linda Blair (from the original). Blair played Nancy Aglet and fought possession again. They made a joke about her name that got the word weirdly stuck in my brain. "We've tried everything the devil hates. Sex, drugs, rock and roll..."

Shoes? Maybe Reeboks?

Edit: I am appalled by how many people know the term aglet.

I believe there was a book in the 80s called Sniglets that made up words for things and this was one of them. I didn't remember what it was called. Any or all of this memory could be wrong.

Aglets. Their true purpose is sinister.

Aglets, if you’re talking about the ends on the laces, and please update why you’re asking lol

I misremembered it as eglet, and I probably learned it from uncle John's bathroom reader because I am old.

They're aglets. I believe Phineas and Ferb is a cartoon, but I've never seen it.

These are Aglets. I didn't look it up, i watched Phineas & Ferb as a child.

Aglets.

Laces.

Sneakers.

Aglets. Can't remember where I learned the word.

Lace tips??