A terminal is disclosed of the type in which a conductor is terminated by moving the conductor transversely of its axis into a slotted opening having a width less than the diameter of the wire. The terminal comprises two metal plates which pivot transversely of each other and which have individual slotted openings defined by slicing edges. The slotted openings overlie each other to provide a common wire-receiving opening so that a wire in either an upper section or a lower section of the common opening will tend to narrow the width of the corresponding other section.