Many common tesuji have standard names, such as the crane's nest tesuji, the nose tesuji, snapback, throw-in, etc. I find that giving names to things like this makes it easier to remember them.
There are a few other tesujis that I've ended up giving my own personal names to. This will always be the fish-hook tesuji to me, for obvious reasons:
$$B The fish-hook tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . X X X X . . . .
$$ | X X O O O X . . .
$$ | O O . 3 . X . . .
$$ | . . O 2 1 . . . .
$$ ------------------
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[go]$$B The fish-hook tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . X X X X . . . .
$$ | X X O O O X . . .
$$ | O O . 3 . X . . .
$$ | . . O 2 1 . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]
While this is the needle-and-thread tesuji:
$$B The needle-and-thread tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X . . . . .
$$ | X O O O X X . . .
$$ | O 2 . 3 O X . . .
$$ | . 1 O O . X . . .
$$ ------------------
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[go]$$B The needle-and-thread tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X . . . . .
$$ | X O O O X X . . .
$$ | O 2 . 3 O X . . .
$$ | . 1 O O . X . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]
The needle punctures the fabric at

and then draws the thread back to

through the fault line that exposes White's shortage of liberties.
Finally, this is the hang-back tesuji:
$$B The hang-back tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . .
$$ | O X X . 2 B O . .
$$ | . X . 1 . 3 . . .
$$ ------------------
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[go]$$B The hang-back tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . .
$$ | O X X . 2 B O . .
$$ | . X . 1 . 3 . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]

hangs back, apparently leaving the marked stone out to dry, but demonstrates that it's still safe with

.
Do you have any personal names for common tesuji? Do any of the above tesuji have standard names that I'm unaware of?