doodadn.
/ˈduːdad/, U.S. /ˈduˌdæd/ Chiefly U.S.
A ‘fancy’ article (of dress), a ‘thingummy’; esp. a trivial or superfluous ornament.
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the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown
swilk and swilkc1175
thinga1325
what-call-ye-him1473
who knows what?1548
I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568
God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569
washical1575
what-d'ye-call-'em1593
so-and-so1596
whiblin1604
so-fortha1616
jiggumboba1625
know-not-whata1642
thingum1652
thingum-thangum1684
what's-his-name1697
something or other1706
thingummy1737
thingamabob1751
something1764
what's-her-name1816
conundrum1817
thingamerry1819
thingamajig1824
somebody1825
what's-its-name1839
whangdoodle1852
thingummytite1865
dingus1866
what-not1876
whatsita1882
gilguy1883
gadget1886
dingbat1894
doohickey1914
oojah1917
oojah capivvy1917
oojiboo1918
doodad1920
tiddlypush1923
whosis1923
thingy1927
doodah1928
doofer1937
hootenanny1940
whatchamacallit1942
gizmo1943
frammis1948
whosit1948
whifflow1961
oobyjiver1963
whatsisface1967
oojamaflip1970
what's-her-face1980
1920 S. Lewis Main St. xxiv. 298 Have a nice square house, and pay more attention to getting a crackajack furnace than all this architecture and doodads.
1928 Daily Express 24 July 8/4 Men detest flounces...‘More fakements and doodads! Why on earth cannot the woman keep things simple?’
1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) ii. 40 Decorated with Santa Claus and holly doo-dads.
1944 H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. 173/2
1961 Guardian 29 Mar. 9/7 Houses with a drop of the old half timbering and the old Georgian doodads.
1966 D. Enefer Painted Death viii. 76 An open lacquered box with hair clips and other doodads.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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