| 释义 |
tiddlypush colloq.
(stress variable)
A meaningless word substituted for the name of a person or thing which the speaker has forgotten, does not know, or is unwilling to mention. Cf. thingummy.
1923J. Manchon Le Slang 342 And tidderly push, et patati et patata. 1934S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 168 He wore a belt Whenever he felt A pain in his tiddly⁓push. 1939Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime ii. 27 It simply says ‘The marriage arranged between George Tiddlypush and Amelia Stick-in-the-mud will not take place.’ 1962Guardian 17 July 16/4 Mr Randolph Churchill..said..he had shown that if he wanted to ‘get rid of anyone—from Lord Salisbury down to Mr Tiddlypush—he does so’. |