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单词 thingummytite
释义

thingummytiten.

Brit. /ˈθɪŋəmᵻtʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋəmᵻˌtaɪt/
Forms:

α. 1800s– thing-a-me-toy (English regional (northern and midlands)), 1900s– thing-a-me-tight, 1900s– thingumitite, 1900s– thingummytight, 1900s– thingummytite.

β. English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s thing-am-te-toy, 1900s– thingemtitoy.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: thingummy n.
Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary extension of thingummy n. Compare earlier thingum n., thingamabob n., thingamajig n. The forms ending in -tite and -toy may represent two different words; with the latter perhaps compare toy n.: see further discussion at thingamabob n.
British 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
1865 W. S. Banks List Provinc. Words Wakefield (at cited word) Miss Thing-a-me-toy.
1872 P. H. Chavasse Aphorisms Mental Culture & Training of Child 24 Invitations..addressed ‘Mr So-and so’, and ‘Miss Thing-a-me-tight’.
1937 G. Frankau More of Us xvii. 177 Quick. The small green phial. It's in my bathroom. In the thingummytight—The corner cupboard.
1960 Times 11 Apr. 14/2 I give much time and thought and what little talent I have to playing, and along comes Mr. Thingummytite and says, ‘All wrong!’
1980 D. Bogarde Gentle Occup. i. 21 Nothing in the taps of course because the terrorists had buggered up the hydroelectric thingummytites.
2001 J. Grieve They're only Human ii. 26 ‘Nymph,’ she whispered,..‘in thy whatdoyoucallems be all my thingummytites remembered.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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