thingamabob

English

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Etymology

Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.[1] Earliest citation from 1751, as thingumbobs.[2]

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Noun

thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)

  1. (slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.

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References

  1. ^ “thingamabob”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ “thingamabob, noun.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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