doofern.

/ˈduːfə/

Forms: Also doofah, doovah, doover.

Etymology: Probably alteration of do for in such phrases as that will do for now.

slang.

= thingummy n. (see also quots.).

ΘΚΠ

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

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 234/2 Doofer, half a cigarette: workmen's [slang].

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 25 Doover, any object, thingummy.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. viii. 153 Other words of particular note [in the 1939–45 war] were..doover, doovah, or doovah-dah used as a general utility term for a thingumebob, specifically applied to any shelter, especially a humpy, and to a hospital bottle for urination, whence, doover-joey, a male hospital nurse.

1945 Salt 2 July 43/2 Idly I lean against the parapet of our doover.

1945 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (new ed.) 24 Doings, used in place of any noun that cannot be recalled on the spur of the moment... Variants are ‘Doofer’ and ‘Dooshanks’.

1969 ‘S. Troy’ Swift to its Close vii. 110 Mr. Turvey returns 'ome. Comes again to the Hangar in time for the doofah.

1970 P. Dickinson Seals iv. 95 This is a very fancy doofer indeed... It transmits along one wavelength and receives along another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	doofer
释义	doofern. /ˈduːfə/ Forms: Also doofah, doovah, doover. Etymology: Probably alteration of do for in such phrases as that will do for now. slang. = thingummy n. (see also quots.). ΘΚΠ 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 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 234/2 Doofer, half a cigarette: workmen's [slang]. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 25 Doover, any object, thingummy. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. viii. 153 Other words of particular note [in the 1939–45 war] were..doover, doovah, or doovah-dah used as a general utility term for a thingumebob, specifically applied to any shelter, especially a humpy, and to a hospital bottle for urination, whence, doover-joey, a male hospital nurse. 1945 Salt 2 July 43/2 Idly I lean against the parapet of our doover. 1945 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (new ed.) 24 Doings, used in place of any noun that cannot be recalled on the spur of the moment... Variants are ‘Doofer’ and ‘Dooshanks’. 1969 ‘S. Troy’ Swift to its Close vii. 110 Mr. Turvey returns 'ome. Comes again to the Hangar in time for the doofah. 1970 P. Dickinson Seals iv. 95 This is a very fancy doofer indeed... It transmits along one wavelength and receives along another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1937
随便看	sunbaths sunbattered sunbeam sunbeam-proof sunbeamed sunbeamproof sunbeams sunbeamy sunbeat sunbeaten sunbed sunbeds sunbeetle sunbegotten sunbelt sunbelts sunberries sunberry sunberryes sunberrys sunbird sunbirds sunbittern sunblack sunblackened