tiddlypushn.

(stress variable)

Forms: 1900s tidderlypush, 1900s– tiddlypush.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tiddly adj.², an element of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Probably < tiddly adj.² + a second element of uncertain origin (perhaps push n.¹).In form tidderlypush with insertion of an additional syllable in the first element.

colloquial.

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 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

1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 342 And tidderly push, et patati et patata.

1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 168 He wore a belt Whenever he felt A pain in his tiddly~push.

1939 P. G. Wodehouse 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.’

1962 Guardian 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’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	tiddlypush
释义	tiddlypushn. (stress variable) Forms: 1900s tidderlypush, 1900s– tiddlypush. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tiddly adj.², an element of uncertain origin. Etymology: Probably < tiddly adj.² + a second element of uncertain origin (perhaps push n.¹).In form tidderlypush with insertion of an additional syllable in the first element. colloquial. 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 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 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 342 And tidderly push, et patati et patata. 1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 168 He wore a belt Whenever he felt A pain in his tiddly~push. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse 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.’ 1962 Guardian 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’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1923
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