thingummy
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English
Etymology
From thingum + -y. Compare thingamabob and thingamajig.
Pronunciation
Noun
thingummy (plural thingummies)
- Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
- Synonym of whatshisname: someone one cannot remember the name of.
- 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, pages 7–8:
- Once, in his first term, Cartwright had been bold enough to ask him why he was so clever, […]
‘It’s memory, Cartwright, old dear. Memory, the mother of the Muses . . . at least that’s what thingummy said.’
‘Who?’
‘You know, what’s his name, Greek poet chap. Wrote the Theogony . . . what was he called? Begins with an “H”.’
‘Homer?’
‘No, dear. Not Homer, the other one. No, it’s gone. Anyway. Memory, that’s the key.’
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:thingy
Translations
thingy — see thingy
References
- “thingummy, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
