Examples
“Damn this log in thingy is a pain, it never works first time for me.”
“That's a chocolate hat, and the label thingy is icing.”
“The direct url to the thingy is here, and you can make your own photo.”
“Your little magic 8 ball thingy is lying top you …”
“Yeah, and the Tea Bagger thingy is all about taxes, not racism, except for the fact that 95% of working families have lower taxes now than under the numb skull nicknamed W. April 7th, 2010 at 6: 17 pm”
“Tor has a cool proof-of-concept video of the hand wave thingy from the film Minority Report.”
“GOPers .... are we returning to the old "flip flopper" thingy from the Kerry election?”
“Pity the insult thingy is damn funny in pointless childish way”
“No seriously, I'm looking forward to seeing you on Doughty St, I just hope I can get the thing to play and trust there's a watch again thingy you will showcase on your blog afterwards.”
“May 11, 2007 9: 09: 00 AM kriptcepper (lol) thinks .. omg!! this message thingy is so sweet i never new that male aanglerfish were so messed up lol, but now i know and probally same with men well ty. (lol)”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thingy’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
taramea, tawings, tchicks, timider, tirades, tirings, towings, trailed, trailer, trained, trainee, trainer and 2373 more...
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Band or Brand?
Band names that are also common words or phrases.
genesis, who, beatles, journey, germs, sublime, doors, cars, nirvana, bangles, tool, pixies and 192 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
( open list, randomness, technical jargon, geek speak )
more:
ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
Thingmies
Words that get substituted for a word the person can't call to mind
sort-of, thingy, thingmy, whatsit, whosit, thingmajig, doodah, hing, hingy, whatchamacallit, hoojamaflip, hoosit and 2 more...
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Sounds often heard during a search fo...
um, er, hmm, ah, well, �?��?��?�, erm, uh, um-um-um, ehm, anu, gizmo and 11 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
franky's Words
formitastic, human resources, cocktail, gravatar, tequila, twitter, moloko, gmail, beeb, mp3, cover art, thumbnail and 184 more...
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Man likes these words
danube, schadenfreude, macabre, wanderlust, epiphany, azure, zeitgeist, cerulean, ennui, rhine, abyss, mulch and 130 more...
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Favorite Words
quixotic, assonance, palindrome, plebeian, mezzanine, propinquity, etymology, antihero, intrepid, refractions, lawless, sesquipedalian and 237 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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South Yorkshire medical terminology
For definitions see the source document.
"All the words and phrases included in this guide are those that have been used by patients during consultations and have been included to assi...winkle, wind pipe, willy, widgy, well, it's a nogg..., wee-wee, water, uncle sam, tuppence, tummy ache, trotters, tootsies and 123 more...
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working list
overkill, premonition, discombobulation, golliwogs, guerilla, paraphernalia, banter, gambit, atonement, leeway, ingenuity, haberdashery and 164 more...
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thingie
pass me that...
thingy, whatsit, doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, doohickey, boojum, thingamabob, whatnot, widget, thingummy and 18 more...
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Word Nerd
galore, nitty gritty, creepy, spooky, faltschnitzel, orkweibchen, shiny, thingy, vendetta, extravaganza, awesome, kolophon and 49 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for thingy.
bilby I tried Sarah Palin fighting pitbull, a victory for the former by 16 million to 900 thousand. Oct 12, 2008
Prolagus Googlefights (and, of course, google) shows you the popularity of a word. Of course it doesn't necessarily mean the most popular is the right one... For example, collutorio (mouthwash) is among the most misspelled Italian words, with the meaningless rival colluttorio that WINS! O.M.G. Apr 13, 2008
saramuse thing-y. Apr 13, 2008
reesetee Not on my list it doesn't! May 7, 2007
uselessness Thingy wins. End of discussion. May 7, 2007
sonofgroucho I'm sure both spellings would be acceptable to most people, although ninjawords and dictionary.com both seem to favour "thingy". May 6, 2007
reesetee Interesting...I've always spelled it thingie. Guess it's the Wordie in me. ;-) Apr 25, 2007
sonofgroucho I love this word. Apr 25, 2007