| 单词 | mr thingummy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMr Thingummy A thing or (less commonly) person of which the speaker or writer cannot at the moment recall the name, or which he or she is unable to or does not care to specify precisely; a ‘whatchamacallit’. Also used as the name of a person, place, etc., in place of the actual name (as Mr Thingummy, etc.).With the euphemistic use in quot. 1737 at α. cf. thing n.1 11c. 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 α. β. 1813 C. Hutton Miser Married II. xii. 105 As to being fond of carriages, and brooshes, and mail-coach thingumties, and four-in-hands, and them things, why it is quite out of my way.1842 Bentley's Misc. 12 24 ‘Now, Mrs. Thingumty,’ said she,—‘stewardess, get me a glass of brandy and water, hot, with one lump of sugar.’1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement (1931) i. 40 Just tell him I'm having a discussion—no, a thingumty—a conference, just now.1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. xxvii. 178 It is in the Original l'estrè des femmes, i. e. a woman's Thing. In Languedoc they call every Thing (estreé) Thingumy, that they must not name. 1747 S. Fielding Familiar Lett. David Simple II. xlii. 326 She wants a whole House to herself in Thingamy-Square. 1776 J. Lee Man of Quality ii. 17 Ho, Mr. Thingumme,—Sir,—Mr. What d'ye-call-um. 1793 M. Pilkington Rosina II. xvi. 181 I don't want to be..worried with all that my lady what d'ye call her and the countess of thingummy said to you the last time you were trying on their mantuas. 1803 ‘C. Caustic’ Terrible Tractoration (ed. 2) iv. 174 The little whalebone thingamy which the Duke of Queensbury run at New Market. 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 101 A passport to a brilliant court Where all great thingummies resort. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvii. 272 There is no What's-his-name but Thingummy, and What-you-may-call-it is his prophet! 1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip I. viii. 140 What a bloated aristocrat Thingamy has become! 1904 Times 11 Jan. 12/2 Mr. So-and-so has..‘entrusted’ its little carcase to Mr. Thingummy, birdstuffer. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon 429 Not, of course, if it makes you feel absolutely like Saint Thingummy on the gridiron. 1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) v. 316 Did you notice the little Wittelsbach thingummy on the door of his car? 2005 R. Asquith Love, Fifteen iv. 77 His high-powered mum was being paid an awful lot of money to set up and run a new medical research thingummy out there. < as lemmas |
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