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Hello Anon If you can't remember the word for an object, you can call it a "thingy ma-jig". It's quite a mild term. If you want to present yourself as a hard-nosed, assertive, no-nonsense, business-like kind of person, you might do well to avoid it.
- Hello Anon If you can't remember the word for an object, you can call it a "thingy ma-jig".
- It's quite a mild term.
- If you want to present yourself as a hard-nosed, assertive, no-nonsense, business-like kind of person, you might do well to avoid it.
- MrP
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Hello Anon
If you can't remember the word for an object, you can call it a "thingy ma-jig".
It's quite a mild term. If you want to present yourself as a hard-nosed, assertive, no-nonsense, business-like kind of person, you might do well to avoid it.
MrP
If you can't remember the word for an object, you can call it a "thingy ma-jig".
It's quite a mild term. If you want to present yourself as a hard-nosed, assertive, no-nonsense, business-like kind of person, you might do well to avoid it.
MrP
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I've always heard it as "thing-a-ma-jig" not thingy... - "a thingy" can be used on it's own, and is even more coloquial (less formal) than thing-a-ma-jig.
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Hi guys,
Or you can call it a thing-a-ma-bob. Or a what's-it. Or a doohickey.
Best wishes, Clive
Or you can call it a thing-a-ma-bob. Or a what's-it. Or a doohickey.
Best wishes, Clive
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(Round here, "doodah" is used for a different kind of thing-a-ma-jig.)
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MrPedantic(Round here, "doodah" is used for a different kind of thing-a-ma-jig.)What kind?
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... and then there's also the unforgettable 'whatchamacallit'.... ;-)
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