OK...what is a "thingy"

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[Hotdog]

I'm an engineer and yes...I use a lot of duct tape but after 35 years of marriage my wife still translates items she can't put a name to as a "thingy". I've let this pass with a smile but have wondered how many people actually use this word (if it is a word) during everyday conversation...

[MeanWestTexan]

I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I do, and I picked it up from my ex.

[Red Badger]

Same as a whatchamacallit, but different than a whatsits.....

[AU72]

Well as long as she doesn’t call your you-know-what a thingy.

[Sloth]

Halfway between a gizmo and a doodad.

[Para-Ord.45]

is that the same as a thing-a-ma-jig ?

[Slicksadick]

Thingy posted by Hotdog?

[SledgeCS]

It is a basic version of a dohickey

[AndyTheBear]

“Thingy” is a technical term in PERL. Its even in the camel book.

[jdsteel]

OK, I’m from the Pittsburgh, PA area, and I have heard the use of “thingy” all of my life. I’ve also heard doo-hickey and thingamajig used interchangably with thingy.

[ferri]

a thingy is similar to a doodad. hope that helps. :)

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

I always use it and funny my husband wonders the same thing, he thinks I am so “cute”.

[HungarianGypsy]

“Thingy”. It’s a technical term, you know.

[Red Badger]

Being an engineer, you should instruct her to use the more technical term “doohickey”............”dooflatchey” is also acceptable.....

[wideawake]

In Monty Python sketches it is a euphemism for “sexual congress.”

[DeFault User]

I’ve noticed the increased use of the word “thingy” with the onset of senility and/or dementia.

[RikaStrom]

LOL

I do! It’s an excellent discriptive term. hehe

RS

[DainBramage]

Its like a peepee only smaller.

[MinuteGal]

My esthetic and pure grammatical nature prefers "thingamajig", but I slip every once in a while and use "thingy".

Leni