Thingummy

[George]

In Adopted By A Stray auntie tells Smiler to sell a 'thingummy'.
Has anyone any idea what the thingummy actually was?

 

[Compo]

In Adopted By A Stray auntie tells Smiler to sell a 'thingummy'.
Has anyone any idea what the thingummy actually was?

Well with all the junk Auntie has you never know. But the word thingummy got me curious so I looked it up..


thingummy
(thingummies plural )You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them.
INFORMAL, SPOKEN n-count
I once bought a thingummy out of one of those catalogues..., I must say, I mean, it sounded like er thingummyjig all over again without the politics.

 

[sir coffalot]

NEVER SEEN ONE ON ANTIQUES ROADSHOW :

 

[Chuffer Enwright]

It looked kind of like a wooden drinking Goblet on a stand with other odd bits on it. Utterly useless!

 

[toodlepip]

I have also been wondering what it was! Could have been anything, perhaps it was a part of a church organ or some fixed egg cups or some weird Ouija board ;D.
I didn´t know what a "thingummy" is either, but also looked it up. We call it "Dingsbums" in Germany.

 

[barmpot]

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I didn´t know what a "thingummy" is either, but also looked it up. We call it "Dingsbums" in Germany.

that sounds a mavellous word ...

 

[sir coffalot]

;D APROPOS OF NOT MUCH , MY FATHER'S "THINGUMMY " WORD WAS "WHATISIT". FROM WHEN THEY CAME OUT THOSE CHEESY PUFF THINGS WERE KNOWN TO THE FAMILY AS WOTISITS ( NOT WOTSITS) ;D