frammisn.

Brit.

/ˈframɪs/, U.S.

/ˈfræməs/

Forms: 1900s– framis, 1900s– frammis, 1900s– frammiss.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Frammis.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a humorous use of the surname Frammis, attested earlier in the 20th cent. Compare:1908 9th Ann. Rep. Indiana Board of Pharmacy 111/1 Frammis, Luiji—Chicago, Ill.1936 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Northwestern 31 Oct. 14/4 Miss Audry Holcombe of Weyauwega,..and Nestor Frammis of Gillett, attended the young couple.

U.S. colloquial (frequently humorous).

1. With capital initial. As a generic surname, esp. in comic strips or in an invented company name.

ΚΠ

1940 Nevada State Jrnl. 31 Mar. 13 (comic strip) Oh, Mr. Frammis—don't you think Phil is a very bright young man?.. Oh, Mr. Jetsam—I think Phil is quite smart, don't you?..Oh, Mr. Burble—don't you think Phil is bright?

1944 M. Farber in New Republic 4 Sept. 279/2 It [sc. the comic strip ‘Silly Milly’] has its pet vocabulary—all names are Frammis, laughter is Yuk Yuk, and the language of animals is Coo.

1947 Hollywood Q. 3 8/2 He exhorts the young to trade in their mothers' left arm for a special de luxe ‘Frammis Portisan’.

1967 Jrnl.-Tribune (Marysville, Ohio) 10 Oct. 8/3 Known only by his code name, ‘Mr. Frammis’, he is at the beck of any federal agency needing his service.

1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. (Citrus Times section) 1 Hello, this is Frammis Oil Co. If you are calling about your account, please touch the star sign on your telephone and then punch in your 21-digit account number.

2. Nonsense, jargon; commotion, confusion. Also as a count noun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]

winOE

torpelness?c1225

disturbance1297

workc1325

disturblingc1330

farec1330

frapec1330

disturbing1340

troublingc1340

blunderc1375

unresta1382

hurling1387

perturbationc1400

turbationc1400

rumblec1405

roara1413

rumourc1425

sturblance1435

troublec1435

stroublance1439

hurlc1440

hurly-burlyc1440

ruffling1440

stourc1440

rumblingc1450

sturbancec1450

unquietness?c1450

conturbationc1470

ruption1483

stir1487

wanrufe?a1505

rangat?a1513

business1514

turmoil1526

blommera1529

blunderinga1529

disturbation1529

bruyllie1535

garboil1543

bruslery1546

agitation1547

frayment1549

turmoiling1550

whirl1552

confusion1555

troublesomeness1561

rule1567

rummage1575

rabble1579

tumult1580

hurlement1585

rabblement1590

disturb1595

welter1596

coil1599

hurly1600

hurry1600

commotion1616

remotion1622

obturbation1623

stirrance1623

tumultuation1631

commoving1647

roiling1647

spudder1650

suffle1650

dissettlement1654

perturbancy1654

fermentationa1661

dissettledness1664

ferment1672

roil1690

hurry-scurry1753

vortex1761

rumpus1768

widdle1789

gilravagea1796

potheration1797

moil1824

festerment1833

burly1835

fidge1886

static1923

comess1944

frammis1946

bassa-bassa1956

1946 Pittsburgh Courier 4 May 27/5 Some high-class double talk that put the late, lamented General's double frammis to shame.

1957 J. Thompson Frightening Framiss in L. Landrigan 50 Years of Crime & Suspense (2006) 15 A Grade-A jam, an honest-to-Hannah, double-distilled frammis.

1971 W. Burk & T. Thackrey Thief x. 319 And that's how the real frammiss started.

2009 J. Magee Trav. in Fear lxx. 181 It wasn't his fault if Sophie had ensnared some innocent, or not-so-innocent, person into the frammis.

3. Esp. in imitations of jargon or technical vocabulary: a thing which the speaker cannot or does not name, a thingy. Cf. gizmo n., 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

1948 M. Hargrove Something's got to Give vii. 64 Mitynice is the only marmalade that gives you that special, seal-tested, bottled-in frammis.

1955 Baseball Digest Mar. 90/2 Casey Stengel, in a speech to the Oakland Old-Timers Club, tells 'em he always did say the framis could sprell the gap every time, providing the other fellers, so there you are.

1961 Pop. Mech. Nov. 238/2 That will be $36, ma'am. Had to put in a new frammis.

1978 Washington Post 20 Mar. d11/1 The frammis on my graffle plate isn't working and I'll have to take it apart and clean it.

2003 D. C. Hay Requirem. Anal. v. 217 An indicator light in the main office communicates that ‘The Framis isn't working’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frammis
释义	frammisn. Brit. /ˈframɪs/, U.S. /ˈfræməs/ Forms: 1900s– framis, 1900s– frammis, 1900s– frammiss. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Frammis. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a humorous use of the surname Frammis, attested earlier in the 20th cent. Compare:1908 9th Ann. Rep. Indiana Board of Pharmacy 111/1 Frammis, Luiji—Chicago, Ill.1936 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Northwestern 31 Oct. 14/4 Miss Audry Holcombe of Weyauwega,..and Nestor Frammis of Gillett, attended the young couple. U.S. colloquial (frequently humorous). 1. With capital initial. As a generic surname, esp. in comic strips or in an invented company name. ΚΠ 1940 Nevada State Jrnl. 31 Mar. 13 (comic strip) Oh, Mr. Frammis—don't you think Phil is a very bright young man?.. Oh, Mr. Jetsam—I think Phil is quite smart, don't you?..Oh, Mr. Burble—don't you think Phil is bright? 1944 M. Farber in New Republic 4 Sept. 279/2 It [sc. the comic strip ‘Silly Milly’] has its pet vocabulary—all names are Frammis, laughter is Yuk Yuk, and the language of animals is Coo. 1947 Hollywood Q. 3 8/2 He exhorts the young to trade in their mothers' left arm for a special de luxe ‘Frammis Portisan’. 1967 Jrnl.-Tribune (Marysville, Ohio) 10 Oct. 8/3 Known only by his code name, ‘Mr. Frammis’, he is at the beck of any federal agency needing his service. 1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. (Citrus Times section) 1 Hello, this is Frammis Oil Co. If you are calling about your account, please touch the star sign on your telephone and then punch in your 21-digit account number. 2. Nonsense, jargon; commotion, confusion. Also as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 1946 Pittsburgh Courier 4 May 27/5 Some high-class double talk that put the late, lamented General's double frammis to shame. 1957 J. Thompson Frightening Framiss in L. Landrigan 50 Years of Crime & Suspense (2006) 15 A Grade-A jam, an honest-to-Hannah, double-distilled frammis. 1971 W. Burk & T. Thackrey Thief x. 319 And that's how the real frammiss started. 2009 J. Magee Trav. in Fear lxx. 181 It wasn't his fault if Sophie had ensnared some innocent, or not-so-innocent, person into the frammis. 3. Esp. in imitations of jargon or technical vocabulary: a thing which the speaker cannot or does not name, a thingy. Cf. gizmo n., 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 1948 M. Hargrove Something's got to Give vii. 64 Mitynice is the only marmalade that gives you that special, seal-tested, bottled-in frammis. 1955 Baseball Digest Mar. 90/2 Casey Stengel, in a speech to the Oakland Old-Timers Club, tells 'em he always did say the framis could sprell the gap every time, providing the other fellers, so there you are. 1961 Pop. Mech. Nov. 238/2 That will be $36, ma'am. Had to put in a new frammis. 1978 Washington Post 20 Mar. d11/1 The frammis on my graffle plate isn't working and I'll have to take it apart and clean it. 2003 D. C. Hay Requirem. Anal. v. 217 An indicator light in the main office communicates that ‘The Framis isn't working’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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