Thingummy
Sponsored by Sharon GascoigneCame first in group 969 in round 1 with 413 votesbeat Void on 97 votesbeat Eligible on 57 votesbeat Bout on 48 votes
Came first in group 243 in round 2 with 372 votesbeat Jambalaya on 149 votesbeat Gecko on 138 votesbeat Antagonistic on 99 votes
Won in group 122 in round 3 with 665 votesbeat Snipe on 356 votes
Lost in group 61 in round 4 with 385 votesbeaten by Crikey on 592 votes
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From thingum + -y. Compare thingamabob and thingamajig.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
thingummy (plural thingummies)
- Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
- Synonym of whatshisname: someone one cannot remember the name of.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, pages 10–11:
- Once, in his first term, Cartwright had been bold enough to ask him why he was so clever […]
‘It's memory, Cartwright, old dear. Memory, the mother of the Muses. . . at least that's what thingummy said.’
‘Who?’
‘You know, what's his name, Greek poet chap. Wrote the Theogony. . . what was he called? Begins with an “H”.’
‘Homer?’
‘No, dear. Not Homer, the other one. No, it's gone. Anyway. Memory, that's the key.’
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:thingy
Translations[edit]
thingy — see thingy
References[edit]
- “thingummy, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2008.
