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Sin Jeong-hun
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:22 pm
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Does thingy (sounds like [th i ng i]) mean "thing"? Is this a slang?
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:04 am
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Sin Jeong-hun <typingcat@gmail.com> spake thusly:
| Quote: | Does thingy (sounds like [th i ng i]) mean "thing"? Is this a slang?
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It's a word used for something when you don't know its real name,
like "whatsit" or "doobrie".
It could be called slang - it's certainly not formal.
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:47 am
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On 4 Nov 2005 08:22:53 -0800, "Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com>
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| Quote: | Does thingy (sounds like [th i ng i]) mean "thing"? Is this a slang?
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It's pronounced "thing-eee". It's a slang term for something that you
don't know what the proper name for it is. If you are not mechanical,
and someone replaces a small part in your automobile, you might say
"He put in a new thingy" because you have no idea what the real name
for the part is.
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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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Paul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:30 am
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the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | It's a word used for something when you don't know its real name,
like "whatsit" or "doobrie".
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Then there's "thingamabob" which translates British: "thingumbob."
"The thingamabob that does the job is bibbidy-bobbidy-boo."
---The Fairy Godmother in Disney's "Cinderella." |
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:10 am
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
| Quote: | Does thingy (sounds like [th i ng i]) mean "thing"? Is this a slang?
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Many people use "slang" to mean simply informal or colloquial speech.
Linguists, however, use "slang" in a more restricted sense, under which
"thingy" in the sense of an unidentified object is informal or
colloquial usage but not slang.
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:11 am
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"Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131121373.225490.102630@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Does thingy (sounds like [th i ng i]) mean "thing"? Is this a slang?
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Thingies are used to attach dohickies to whatsits. |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:48 am
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Paul <brians@wsu.edu> spake thusly:
| Quote: | the Omrud wrote:
It's a word used for something when you don't know its real name,
like "whatsit" or "doobrie".
Then there's "thingamabob" which translates British: "thingumbob."
"The thingamabob that does the job is bibbidy-bobbidy-boo."
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None of those are in my lexicon. I say "thingamy-bob".
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:54 am
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On 04 Nov 2005, the Omrud wrote
| Quote: | Paul <brians@wsu.edu> spake thusly:
the Omrud wrote:
It's a word used for something when you don't know its real
name, like "whatsit" or "doobrie".
Then there's "thingamabob" which translates British:
"thingumbob."
"The thingamabob that does the job is bibbidy-bobbidy-boo."
None of those are in my lexicon. I say "thingamy-bob".
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Mine's "thing-a-ma-jig-bob", but I've no idea where or when I added
the "bob" to "thingamajig".
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Cheers, Harvey
Canadian (30 years) and British (23 years)
For e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:57 am
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Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> spake thusly:
| Quote: | On 04 Nov 2005, the Omrud wrote
Paul <brians@wsu.edu> spake thusly:
the Omrud wrote:
It's a word used for something when you don't know its real
name, like "whatsit" or "doobrie".
Then there's "thingamabob" which translates British:
"thingumbob."
"The thingamabob that does the job is bibbidy-bobbidy-boo."
None of those are in my lexicon. I say "thingamy-bob".
Mine's "thing-a-ma-jig-bob", but I've no idea where or when I added
the "bob" to "thingamajig".
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Ah, yes, of course I also have "thingamy-jig".
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:13 am
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On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:48:41 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
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| Quote: | Paul <brians@wsu.edu> spake thusly:
the Omrud wrote:
It's a word used for something when you don't know its real name,
like "whatsit" or "doobrie".
Then there's "thingamabob" which translates British: "thingumbob."
"The thingamabob that does the job is bibbidy-bobbidy-boo."
None of those are in my lexicon. I say "thingamy-bob".
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Not in public, but I call an unidentified object a "carbuncle". When
my brother and I were very young, a relative had to have a carbuncle
treated. My brother and I had heard the term used and asked what it
meant. As adults do to small children, we were ignored and told it
didn't concern us.
My brother and I were fascinated by the word. We asked again several
times, but no one would explain what a carbuncle was. Finally, we
adopted the word to mean something that we don't know what is.
If I would call my brother today - sixty or so years later - and use
the word "carbuncle" in the call, he'd know exactly what I meant.
Or, actually, that I didn't know what I meant.
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Tony Cooper
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