thingy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to…

   A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).

   • And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.
   • What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]
   • The incorporated technology is based on absolutely serious alt-fact science—that old familiar Einsteiny, time dilation thingy only in reverse— which also forms the basis of much of LaLa Valley's tech AI prowess.
2. 2

   A penis.

   • He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.
3. 3

   A person whose name one cannot recall.

   • He reminds me of thingy from that film.
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   1. 4

      Resembling or characteristic of a thing

      Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible.

      • The most unpleasant, and also the thingiest, the central thing in Foreign Parts, was a giant banyan tree, putting out more and more suckers which created tangled arches, a swollen hiding-place of a tree, a series of organic traps, […]
      • The secret of even the thingiest SF, the most solid-walnut-to-the-knuckles fantasy, is that you don't need much to summon worlds out of air, so long as the details are the right ones.
   2. 5

      Alternative letter-case form of thingy (“a person whose name one cannot recall”).

      • He reminds me of Thingy from that film.

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