thingummy

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The most extreme case in point is probably Ubisoft's Shaun White Snowboarding which is based on the engine developed for Medieval mystery adventure RPG-type thingummy,

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  1. Same as thingumbob. What a bloated aristocrat Thingamy has become since he got his place! Thackeray, Character Sketches (Misc., V. 343). “And so,” says Xanthias, in the slovenly jargon of gossip, “the thingummy is to come off?” “Yes,” replies Aeacus in the same style, “directly; and this is where the thingumbobs are to work.” Classical Rev., III. 259.

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  • You're welcome to continue using that thingummy, but then you face the very real risk that you're entrusting your data to a zombie technology. —  Macworld
  • This joint blog / podcast thingummy uses WordPress and PodPress as well. —  Marry in Massachusetts
  • The most extreme case in point is probably Ubisoft's Shaun White Snowboarding which is based on the engine developed for Medieval mystery adventure RPG-type thingummy, —  The Inquirer
  • I was searching online for a small bicycle thingummy-whathaveyou, and came across this on a bicycle shop website: —  The Cartoon Blog
  • You look like a thingummy How splendid. —  Jill the Reckless
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  1. Also thingamy; a capricious extension of thing, as if from thing + -um (a quasi-L. termination) + -y. Cf. thingumbob.
 

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