The tag alias #66268 birthday_hat -> party_hat has been approved.

Reason: Same thing latter has implications.

EDIT: The tag alias birthday_hat -> party_hat (forum #390279) has been approved by @slyroon.

if that's party hat, what do we call the micron thin loops of colored paper that they put in crackers, then?

sipothac said:
if that's party hat, what do we call the micron thin loops of colored paper that they put in crackers, then?

could you link to an example? I have no idea what you're talking about

pleaseletmein said:
could you link to an example? I have no idea what you're talking about

one of these things
commonly found in one of these things

I've always heard these referred to as "party hat", paper_crown exists, but these are a very specific brand of paper crown.

here's an actual post with a character wearing one

sipothac said:
I've always heard these referred to as "party hat", paper_crown exists, but these are a very specific brand of paper crown.

Well party_hat as it's currently used on site is not a paper crown. It's always been used for the conical birthday-esque hat that looks like a dunce_cap

The tag alias birthday_hat -> party_hat (forum #390279) has been approved by @slyroon.

sipothac said:
one of these things
commonly found in one of these things

I've always heard these referred to as "party hat", paper_crown exists, but these are a very specific brand of paper crown.

here's an actual post with a character wearing one

Where are you from? I've never heard of this before either. Must be regional?

cloudpie said:
Where are you from? I've never heard of this before either. Must be regional?

it's mostly a british thing, mostly a Christmas thing. I think some commonwealth/former commonwealth nations also use them.

I think, beyond that, the only way most people elsewhere would know about them is their status as extremely expensive ($800-2000 USD) cosmetic items in RuneScape.