thingumn.

Brit.

/ˈθɪŋəm/, U.S.

/ˈθɪŋəm/

Forms: 1600s– thingam, 1600s– thingum, 1600s– thing'um, 1700s–1800s thing'em, 1900s– thingem.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymon: thing n.¹

Etymology: Apparently an extended form of thing n.¹, perhaps after Latin nouns in -um or (accusative forms in) -am . Compare the following extended forms in similar senses: thingamabob n., thingummy n., thingamajig n., thingummytite n.

†1.

a. Probably: something stated or stipulated; an arrangement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation

mannerc1400

covenantc1440

conditionala1533

authorament1607

requisition1620

postulatum1639

thingum1649

qualification1660

ultimatum1733

requirement1737

term1746

stipulation1750

contingency1818

precondition1825

chapter1864

1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 7. sig. G3^v The Rebelles have made a Thing'um, for 2000 pound to bee payd unto the set number of spiritual Vulcans, who are to beat the Church Anvils and blow the bellowes of perpetual sedition.

b. A minor or trifling detail or argument; a nicety, a quibble. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun]

quiddity1539

quibc1540

quibibec1540

quirk1565

quillity1573

quid1576

quillet1576

quipa1592

quiddit1592

quidlit1598

quibibble1606

punctual1610

quidlibet1611

catasophistrya1614

quibbling1633

Scotism1645

quibble1650

thingum1672

quoddity1682

scruple1713

baffle1783

nit1982

1672 J. Eachard Let. 69 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered He only layes down one very small request, viz. That no man can present himself to a Living: from whence it follows as fast as hops, that some body else must doe it (for no man can be himself, and some body else with all the little thingams about him Secundum idem, ad idem &c.).

1693 S. Nye Considerations Explic. Doctr. Trinity 25/1 When you have granted to us, that there is but one Divine Substance, and but one Omniscient, Omnipotent Understanding and Energy; what you add more of Persons, Properties, Thingams, and call them a Trinity, 'tis an Addition only of Words and Names; not of Realities, or Persons that are properly so called.

2. colloquial. = thingummy n. In early use (with reference to a person) also Mr Thingum (cf. thing n.¹ 16a).

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

1652 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 4. 26 Alas poor sottish thingum! in reverence to thy memory, I lay my hand upon my lipps.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 6 Dec. 2/1 Is there no news from the Thingum in the Old-Baily?

1721 J. Mottley Antiochus p. xiv Hang me, if one single Word I know: Dear, Mr. Thingum, will you prompt me?

1793 Fitzgerald in European Mag. 23 387 All your bunch of thingums.

1808 M. T. Kemble Day after Wedding 11 What were you saying, Mr. Thing'em?

1875 M. H. Catherwood Woman in Armour xviii. 140 But, Launt, dear, it isn't a geological paper for that scientific publication, is it? I don't want to hear about ichthyo-thingums, etc., to-night.

1878 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 19 Ther wor a long thingum 'at aw tuck to be a piece o' stooav pipe.

1901 G. Ade in Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 27 Jan. 9/7 I suppose you have your Beeswax, Sticking Plaster,..your Borax and the Patent Thingum for tightening up the Clothes Line.

1988 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Nov. 29 Beware the hanging chad, the not-quite-punched-out thingum that will cause the scanning machine to either ignore your entire ballot, or misread it.

2000 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 1 Nov. d1 The subordinate clauses, the participial phrases, the one or two or five linguistic thingums that tell a reader everything the main clause, by itself, can't.

Derivatives

† thingum-thangum n. [reduplicated form with vowel variation] Obsolete = sense 2.

ΚΠ

1684 T. Otway Atheist iv. 44 With a deep Point Thingum Thangum over her Shoulders.

1717 E. Bockett Char. Defended 15 I might..With thingum thangums make the Shades agree, As brown, dark, swarthy, and as black as he.

1731 Mitre 5 Talk of this, and that, and t'other,..Of what d'ye call it, thingam, thangam.

1805 S. J. Pratt Fire & Frost iv. viii, in Harvest-home II. 484 Sir Taffy, who is this red hot Mr. Thingum-Thangum?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thingum
释义	thingumn. Brit. /ˈθɪŋəm/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋəm/ Forms: 1600s– thingam, 1600s– thingum, 1600s– thing'um, 1700s–1800s thing'em, 1900s– thingem. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymon: thing n.¹ Etymology: Apparently an extended form of thing n.¹, perhaps after Latin nouns in -um or (accusative forms in) -am . Compare the following extended forms in similar senses: thingamabob n., thingummy n., thingamajig n., thingummytite n. †1. a. Probably: something stated or stipulated; an arrangement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation mannerc1400 covenantc1440 conditionala1533 authorament1607 requisition1620 postulatum1639 thingum1649 qualification1660 ultimatum1733 requirement1737 term1746 stipulation1750 contingency1818 precondition1825 chapter1864 1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 7. sig. G3^v The Rebelles have made a Thing'um, for 2000 pound to bee payd unto the set number of spiritual Vulcans, who are to beat the Church Anvils and blow the bellowes of perpetual sedition. b. A minor or trifling detail or argument; a nicety, a quibble. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun] quiddity1539 quibc1540 quibibec1540 quirk1565 quillity1573 quid1576 quillet1576 quipa1592 quiddit1592 quidlit1598 quibibble1606 punctual1610 quidlibet1611 catasophistrya1614 quibbling1633 Scotism1645 quibble1650 thingum1672 quoddity1682 scruple1713 baffle1783 nit1982 1672 J. Eachard Let. 69 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered He only layes down one very small request, viz. That no man can present himself to a Living: from whence it follows as fast as hops, that some body else must doe it (for no man can be himself, and some body else with all the little thingams about him Secundum idem, ad idem &c.). 1693 S. Nye Considerations Explic. Doctr. Trinity 25/1 When you have granted to us, that there is but one Divine Substance, and but one Omniscient, Omnipotent Understanding and Energy; what you add more of Persons, Properties, Thingams, and call them a Trinity, 'tis an Addition only of Words and Names; not of Realities, or Persons that are properly so called. 2. colloquial. = thingummy n. In early use (with reference to a person) also Mr Thingum (cf. thing n.¹ 16a). 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 1652 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 4. 26 Alas poor sottish thingum! in reverence to thy memory, I lay my hand upon my lipps. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 6 Dec. 2/1 Is there no news from the Thingum in the Old-Baily? 1721 J. Mottley Antiochus p. xiv Hang me, if one single Word I know: Dear, Mr. Thingum, will you prompt me? 1793 Fitzgerald in European Mag. 23 387 All your bunch of thingums. 1808 M. T. Kemble Day after Wedding 11 What were you saying, Mr. Thing'em? 1875 M. H. Catherwood Woman in Armour xviii. 140 But, Launt, dear, it isn't a geological paper for that scientific publication, is it? I don't want to hear about ichthyo-thingums, etc., to-night. 1878 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 19 Ther wor a long thingum 'at aw tuck to be a piece o' stooav pipe. 1901 G. Ade in Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 27 Jan. 9/7 I suppose you have your Beeswax, Sticking Plaster,..your Borax and the Patent Thingum for tightening up the Clothes Line. 1988 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Nov. 29 Beware the hanging chad, the not-quite-punched-out thingum that will cause the scanning machine to either ignore your entire ballot, or misread it. 2000 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 1 Nov. d1 The subordinate clauses, the participial phrases, the one or two or five linguistic thingums that tell a reader everything the main clause, by itself, can't. Derivatives † thingum-thangum n. [reduplicated form with vowel variation] Obsolete = sense 2. ΚΠ 1684 T. Otway Atheist iv. 44 With a deep Point Thingum Thangum over her Shoulders. 1717 E. Bockett Char. Defended 15 I might..With thingum thangums make the Shades agree, As brown, dark, swarthy, and as black as he. 1731 Mitre 5 Talk of this, and that, and t'other,..Of what d'ye call it, thingam, thangam. 1805 S. J. Pratt Fire & Frost iv. viii, in Harvest-home II. 484 Sir Taffy, who is this red hot Mr. Thingum-Thangum? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649
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