THINGY


Meaning of THINGY in English

(thingies)

You refer to something or someone as ~ when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)

...the new phone ~.

...what’s his name, Sir Jack Thingy.

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