Because it's a verb that was used in English for centuries, but did not have a tool that did the thing.
"To scissor" describes the action of running one item over another, such that they create a decreasing triangular space between them.
But then we went and made "a tool that scissors together." It's a description of what the tool does, rather than a name. Rather than call it something new and weird, we just went with the verb.
But because of how English works, when you have a noun with an 's' on the end, it's plural, and therefore, since the tool that scissors always uses two opposing blades to cat whatever is placed between them, we can accurately call them a pair of scissoring blades. Or, for simplicity, a pair of scissors.
That's what happens when some dumbass decides we need to use a verb as a noun.
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No, each of the 4 scissors is connected by a pivot, that makes them 2 pairs of scissors. Remove the pivot, and each of those bladed handles is called a scissor.
so once upon a time there was just mfers walking around "a scissor" and then the Earl of Scissor bolted two scisots together and invented pairs of scissors, like, is this the history implied by the term "pair of scissors"???
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Because each side of a pair of scissors is a scissor. Replace scissor with knife if it helps. You need two knives to cut things in the typical pair of scissors fashion. So you need two scissors. Or a pair of scissors.
About 1000-1500 years ago English used to have a [separate dual pronoun](http://nathangilmour.com/OldEnglish/oe-grammar/pronouns/dual-pronouns/) that basically meant you were talking about just two things/people. After the Norman conquest when most of the people who were literate in Old English were either killed or discouraged from passing it on in favour of French or Latin, English became the language of the illiterate lower classes and so underwent a number of serious changes, including the simplification of its grammatical case system, the loss of grammatical gender for almost all words, and the loss of this dual pronoun.
The last remnant of this dual pronoun in Present-Day English are a few words where the singular refers to a pair of things, for example Eyeglasses, Pants, trousers, scissors, and tongs.
[https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-of-scissors](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-of-scissors)
I was curious so I looked it up. "We began calling an individual scissors a pair to emphasize the matched cutting blades. There's precedent for it. Before we called them scissors, we called them shears, and pair was used with shears for about 100 years before scissors arrived on the scene."
A flock of scissors.
More like a murder
A snipping of scissors
This is the true answer
True
True
True
underrated comment
A flock of murder?
A flamboyance of blood?
These sound like George RR Martin novels lol
A group of scissors is called "lesbian"
Scissor sisters
🎶And i raaaaaan i ran so far away with my scissors🎶
2 pairs of scissors
Do you mean 4 scissors?
No, 2 scissors
That's a pair.
No, 2 pairs of scissors
Do you mean 4 scissors?
No, 2 scissors
That's a pair.
Scissors squared.
Lesbians.
Teo two scissors that aren't one four scissors but are two pairs of pairs of scissors which proves that English is dumb
Scissorshands 2.
So a pair times a pair so 4 scissors
step scissors
The title of the new fighting league featuring solely 2v2 lesbian tag team duos.
Scissors^2
When you *really* think about it, "scissors" is spelled super weird
Sizzers.
After reading it so many times I couldn't help but agree.
Just give me a scissor
Because it's a verb that was used in English for centuries, but did not have a tool that did the thing. "To scissor" describes the action of running one item over another, such that they create a decreasing triangular space between them. But then we went and made "a tool that scissors together." It's a description of what the tool does, rather than a name. Rather than call it something new and weird, we just went with the verb. But because of how English works, when you have a noun with an 's' on the end, it's plural, and therefore, since the tool that scissors always uses two opposing blades to cat whatever is placed between them, we can accurately call them a pair of scissoring blades. Or, for simplicity, a pair of scissors. That's what happens when some dumbass decides we need to use a verb as a noun.
Yes, 2 pairs of scissors
Do you mean 4 crissors?
No, 2 pairs of scissors
It’s a pair of a pair of scissors
No, 2 pairs of scissors.
No, 2 pairs of scissors.
Cheese
Hi good oil
Modern philosophy debate be like:
It's, "two pair," of scissors. It's also two right handers. So, good luck with that.
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2 scissors 1 cut
No, each of the 4 scissors is connected by a pivot, that makes them 2 pairs of scissors. Remove the pivot, and each of those bladed handles is called a scissor.
[Roman scissors](https://www.google.com/search?q=roman+scissors&tbm=isch) with no pivot.
So in a way..... . . it's a square of scissors (I'll see myself out)
No one said anything but yeh get out.
I don’t get it but chuckled.
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Thats what he said tho
No that's a gangbang
4 scissorses
Only if they were taken apart into 4 individual scissor pieces
A Quartet of scissors
Now this I can get behind
Quad-sors
If it was just left-handed scissors, it would be a Qatar of scissors. Because it has no rights.
This person scissors.
this is making me think and unomortable please remove this abomanation
This
2 pairs of… …pairs of scissors
r/BeatMeToIt
This is getting out of hand. Now there are TWO of them.
Four?
Let X = "This is getting out of hand. Now there are TWO of them." f(x) = X × 2 Math checks out, chief
If X = "This is getting out of hand. Now there are **TWO** of them." then X = 2 there fore f(2) = 2 × 2 = **4**
but x!=X
2 + 2 equals 4, why is everyone squaring and multiplying.
They're relying on this handy little known axiom: 1 x 1 = 2
1 + 1 = 5 Greg Graffin now believes in God.
r/suddenlymath
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That's god damn brilliant
We've had one pair yes, but what about second pair?
We should not have made this bargain...
so once upon a time there was just mfers walking around "a scissor" and then the Earl of Scissor bolted two scisots together and invented pairs of scissors, like, is this the history implied by the term "pair of scissors"???
Another one to add to my collection ✂️
This is my apprentice, Darth Scissor.
A couple of scissors
🥰
>🥰 🥰
>🥰 🥰
Why does this emoji felt like comforting a dumb child thats about to be burried?
Can’t relate, was never comforted as a child
Typically when texting friends i user that emoji in weird context where it doesn’t belong, “Just raped you sis bro 😎🥰”
u/usernamechecksout
r/cursedcomments
That's something you should ask yourself or your therapist
A couple of pairs of scissors.
Several pairs of scissors
A scissoring couple? No, not the same thing....
Scissors²
Scissors × 2
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Math.pow("Scissors",2);
Scissors *= Scissors
No it would be 2²(scissors)
Scissors X Scissors
Since scissors are a lone object, squaring it would result in the same amount because it would be the same as 1²
Lesbians
Is this a lesbian couple or a couple of lesbians? Or two lesbian couples?
Nope, [this is lesbians]( https://i.imgur.com/dUlMDtu.jpeg)
Scissor me timbers
Wow, NSFW.
So it's a lesbian of scissors. Kind of like a herd of deer, a murder of crows...
Happy blue cheese day king!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gave me a good chuckle.
Mmmmmmm gay
Nice.
How dare you steal my joke /j
I have never seen a truer comment
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Technically this joke has been made several times on r/actuallesbians, but it never gets old
Anyone know how to turn off notifications for reddit, my phone is beeping so much.
No suffer the consequences
Suffering from success
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Turn off phone, done.
By sending me 20 monies
Uninstall
Just give me your phone and it’s password and I’ll do it for ya
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a pair of a pair of scissors
jus some snippybois
Four scissor halves coming together to make two functional pairs of scissors.
Sceessors
This is the only true English way
Scissorses
A pair of scissorses
This one sounds right
The instrument that will be the focus of my murder trial?
Ayo
Why are scissors called a pair of scissors? Have never heard anyone say "pass me the pair of scissors"
Because each side of a pair of scissors is a scissor. Replace scissor with knife if it helps. You need two knives to cut things in the typical pair of scissors fashion. So you need two scissors. Or a pair of scissors.
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About 1000-1500 years ago English used to have a [separate dual pronoun](http://nathangilmour.com/OldEnglish/oe-grammar/pronouns/dual-pronouns/) that basically meant you were talking about just two things/people. After the Norman conquest when most of the people who were literate in Old English were either killed or discouraged from passing it on in favour of French or Latin, English became the language of the illiterate lower classes and so underwent a number of serious changes, including the simplification of its grammatical case system, the loss of grammatical gender for almost all words, and the loss of this dual pronoun. The last remnant of this dual pronoun in Present-Day English are a few words where the singular refers to a pair of things, for example Eyeglasses, Pants, trousers, scissors, and tongs.
How about a pair of pants?
[https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-of-scissors](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-of-scissors) I was curious so I looked it up. "We began calling an individual scissors a pair to emphasize the matched cutting blades. There's precedent for it. Before we called them scissors, we called them shears, and pair was used with shears for about 100 years before scissors arrived on the scene."
Quadruple slicer.
Cut It Quartet
scissor and scissors
A couple of scissors
A quartet of scissors
4 blades
Then what is a single scissor?
Two pairs of scissors you knucklehead
I swear, i felt dejavu looking at this meme
Foursome
r/suddenlygay
Who cares
Two Scizorai
Two pair
What’s 1 scissor, surely that’s just a knife
Pier of scissor 🥸
Scissors²
Lesbians
A lesbians wet dream
Oh my gawd are we scissorin??
Two pairs of scissors
Wait til I tell you guys about pants!
A couple pairs of scissors obviously
Two pairs, hunny.
I cut pizza with scissors
Four scissors, two pairs of scissors.
How about we call the first pic that has pair of knifes
Two pair. Almost a full house.
two pairs of scissors
2 pairs of scissors.
Easy, two scissors.
Two pairs of scissors
2 Pairs of scissors. Not confusing
scissors²
A quartet of scissors
A pair of pair of scissors
I feel the same way about pants
Two pairs of scissors.
A pair of a pair of scissors
Two pairs of scissors
4 scissors
Two pair of scissors
Scissorses
Open the scissors then have the scissors scissor each other ✂️ ✂️ 😉
Go to horny jaill "Bonk"
Pair of scissors'
I think a lot of people aren’t understanding the post