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单词 thingamajig
释义

thingamajign.

Brit. /ˈθɪŋəmᵻdʒɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋəməˌdʒɪɡ/
Forms:

α. 1800s– thingamajig, 1800s– thingamegig, 1800s– thingamejig, 1800s– thingamyjig, 1800s– thingemajig, 1800s– thingemygig, 1800s– thingemyjig, 1800s– thingermajig, 1800s– thingmajig, 1800s– thingmejig, 1800s– thingumajig, 1800s– thingummygig, 1800s– thingummyjig, 1800s– thingumyjig, 1900s– thingammygig, 1900s– thingammyjig, 1900s– thingamujig, 1900s– thingmegig, 1900s– thingumejig, 1900s– thingymygig, 1900s– thingymyjig.

β. Manx English 1800s– thingummagee, 1900s– thingumagee.

γ. 1800s– thingamtijig (English regional (Yorkshire)).

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: thing n.1; thingum n.; thingummy n.
Etymology: Apparently an extended form of either thing n.1, thingum n., or thingummy n.; with the ending compare (with a similar meaning) jigamaree n. and jiggumbob n., and perhaps also jig n.1 5 (see further discussion at thingamabob n.).Etymologically unmotivated unstressed medial syllables occur in a number of other words of vague meaning and more or less arbitrary form: compare jigamaree n., whatchamacallit n.
colloquial.
= thingummy n.
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
1824 Casket June 76 I'd a lot of cousins, that ‘com'd all the way down from Varmount to larn the fashions, and to hear and see all the cute and curious thingumajigs of the Old Colony’.
1870 Galaxy Feb. 274 In the case of the Queen vs. Whatshername,..it was distinctly laid down that a thingummyjig unable to come to a unanimous whatyoumaycallem might be lawfully discharged.
1876 ‘M. Adeler’ Elbow-room xxiii. 284 Which of 'em kin unscrew his knee-pan and look at the gum thingamajigs in his calf?
1930 ‘E. Queen’ French Powder Myst. xii. 81 And now to that exceedingly fascinating little thingamajig.
1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 21 Aug. You can bet your best whatnot that every single thingummyjig will be cleaned up and jammed back where it was.
2001 K. Lette Nip 'n' Tuck 37 We know that any product's packaging which reads ‘easy to assemble’ will contain more components, screws, wires and thingamajigs than a NASA space shuttle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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