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单词 oojah capivvy
释义

oojah capivvyn.

Brit. /ˌuːdʒɑː kəˈpɪvi/, /ˌuːdʒə kəˈpɪvi/, U.S. /ˈˌudʒə kəˈpɪvi/
Forms: 1900s– hoojah-kapippy, 1900s– ojah-capiff, 1900s– ooja capivvy, 1900s– oojah-capiff, 1900s– oojah capivvy, 1900s– oojah-cum-pivvy, 1900s– oojah-ka-piv, 1900s– oojah-kerpiv, 1900s– ooja-ka-piv, 1900s– ooja-ka-pivi, 1900s– ooja-ka-pivvy, 1900s– ujah-ka-piv.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Indo-Persian. Etymon: Indo-Persian ḥujjat kāfī fīhi.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Urdu and Indo-Persian †ḥujjat kāfī fīhi, literally ‘the argument is sufficient’, there's no more to be said about it ( < ḥujjat (see oojah n.) + kāfī sufficient ( < Arabic kāfī sufficient) + fīhi in it, about it), probably reinterpreted in colloquial South Asian pronunciation (see note). Compare modern Persian ḥujjat kāfī that's all there is to it. Compare slightly earlier oojah n. and etymological note at that entry. With the form in -cum- compare oojah-cum-spiff adj.In colloquial South Asian pronunciation fīhi would have been abbreviated to , and the whole phrase was probably reinterpreted as though it were ḥujjat-kā phī-fi/ˌhudʒatkɑː ˈphiːfi/ or ḥujjat-kā phī-phi /ˌhudʒatkɑː ˈphiːphi/, with aspirated p in place of f, especially in stressed position, thus giving rise to the p in the English forms.
colloquial. Now rare.
= oojah n.
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thingummy1737
thingamabob1751
something1764
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conundrum1817
thingamerry1819
thingamajig1824
somebody1825
what's-its-name1839
whangdoodle1852
thingummytite1865
dingus1866
what-not1876
whatsita1882
gilguy1883
gadget1886
dingbat1894
doohickey1914
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oojiboo1918
doodad1920
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thingy1927
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doofer1937
hootenanny1940
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gizmo1943
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1917 Lines (Divisional Signal Co., Royal Engineers) Nov. 13 Things We Don't Expect... A civi to understand the order ‘Take this ujakapivi and go to the oojah and bring some what's it.’
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 215 Oojah (also Ooja-ka-pivi), a substitute expression for anything the name of which a speaker cannot momentarily think of, e.g. ‘Pass me that h-m, h-m, oojah-ka-pivi, will you?’
1931 J. van Druten London Wall ii. ii. 73 There's a whole lot in the Oojah Capivvy now.
1962 Sunday Times 4 Feb. 31/6 This was the catch-phrase in a music-hall song in use during the first world war... I remember the line and the tune: ‘You cannot eat it, or see it, or hear it—you just ask for Ujah-ka-piv.’
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 78 Whur's ther ojah-capiff?, where is the hammer, spanner or whatever it might be?
1992 Hobart Mercury 8 Aug. There are several of Ms Bosanky's turns of phrase that are pure Downunder. For instance, ‘hoojah-kapippy’..or a ‘whatsitsname’ euphemism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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