diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 29fc29bc4..9a506f31e 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -564,21 +564,21 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	},
 
 	// args is for internal usage only
-	each: function( object, callback, args ) {
+	each: function( obj, callback, args ) {
 		var name, i = 0,
-			length = object.length,
-			isObj = length === undefined || jQuery.isFunction( object );
+			length = obj.length,
+			isObj = length === undefined || jQuery.isFunction( obj );
 
 		if ( args ) {
 			if ( isObj ) {
-				for ( name in object ) {
-					if ( callback.apply( object[ name ], args ) === false ) {
+				for ( name in obj ) {
+					if ( callback.apply( obj[ name ], args ) === false ) {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				for ( ; i < length; ) {
-					if ( callback.apply( object[ i++ ], args ) === false ) {
+					if ( callback.apply( obj[ i++ ], args ) === false ) {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
@@ -587,21 +587,21 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		// A special, fast, case for the most common use of each
 		} else {
 			if ( isObj ) {
-				for ( name in object ) {
-					if ( callback.call( object[ name ], name, object[ name ] ) === false ) {
+				for ( name in obj ) {
+					if ( callback.call( obj[ name ], name, obj[ name ] ) === false ) {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				for ( ; i < length; ) {
-					if ( callback.call( object[ i ], i, object[ i++ ] ) === false ) {
+					if ( callback.call( obj[ i ], i, obj[ i++ ] ) === false ) {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		return object;
+		return obj;
 	},
 
 	// Use native String.trim function wherever possible
@@ -620,38 +620,38 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		},
 
 	// results is for internal usage only
-	makeArray: function( array, results ) {
+	makeArray: function( arr, results ) {
 		var ret = results || [];
 
-		if ( array != null ) {
+		if ( arr != null ) {
 			// The window, strings (and functions) also have 'length'
 			// Tweaked logic slightly to handle Blackberry 4.7 RegExp issues #6930
-			var type = jQuery.type( array );
+			var type = jQuery.type( arr );
 
-			if ( array.length == null || type === "string" || type === "function" || type === "regexp" || jQuery.isWindow( array ) ) {
-				core_push.call( ret, array );
+			if ( arr.length == null || type === "string" || type === "function" || type === "regexp" || jQuery.isWindow( arr ) ) {
+				core_push.call( ret, arr );
 			} else {
-				jQuery.merge( ret, array );
+				jQuery.merge( ret, arr );
 			}
 		}
 
 		return ret;
 	},
 
-	inArray: function( elem, array, i ) {
+	inArray: function( elem, arr, i ) {
 		var len;
 
-		if ( array ) {
+		if ( arr ) {
 			if ( core_indexOf ) {
-				return core_indexOf.call( array, elem, i );
+				return core_indexOf.call( arr, elem, i );
 			}
 
-			len = array.length;
+			len = arr.length;
 			i = i ? i < 0 ? Math.max( 0, len + i ) : i : 0;
 
 			for ( ; i < len; i++ ) {
 				// Skip accessing in sparse arrays
-				if ( i in array && array[ i ] === elem ) {
+				if ( i in arr && arr[ i ] === elem ) {
 					return i;
 				}
 			}
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	}
 });
 
-jQuery.ready.promise = function( object ) {
+jQuery.ready.promise = function( obj ) {
 	if ( !readyList ) {
 
 		readyList = jQuery.Deferred();
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ jQuery.ready.promise = function( object ) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return readyList.promise( object );
+	return readyList.promise( obj );
 };
 
 // Populate the class2type map
diff --git a/src/queue.js b/src/queue.js
index e47f721b8..d49b3dd68 100644
--- a/src/queue.js
+++ b/src/queue.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 	},
 	// Get a promise resolved when queues of a certain type
 	// are emptied (fx is the type by default)
-	promise: function( type, object ) {
+	promise: function( type, obj ) {
 		var tmp,
 			count = 1,
 			defer = jQuery.Deferred(),
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 			};
 
 		if ( typeof type !== "string" ) {
-			object = type;
+			obj = type;
 			type = undefined;
 		}
 		type = type || "fx";
@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 			}
 		}
 		resolve();
-		return defer.promise( object );
+		return defer.promise( obj );
 	}
 });