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My mother always called a thingamjig a dinglehoofer.
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I like the general-purpose substitute term my mother-in-law used:
dooflop
I've never heard it anywhere else. I wonder if it is of her own invention?
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Dooflop sounds like something that a cow or horse might have left behind.
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I've heard, "That doofloppy". (doofloppie?)
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Quote:
I like the general-purpose substitute term my mother-in-law used:
dooflop
I've never heard it anywhere else. I wonder if it is of her own invention?
I found it in a list of American Indefinite Names, compiled by Louise Pound, which includes the following doo-words:
doobob doobobble doobobbus doobiddie doobinnie doodad doodaddle doodaddy doodibbie doodiddie doodingle doodinkus doodle doodlefadgit dooflicker dooflickus dooflinkie dooflinkus dooflop doofloppie (hi Jackie) doofloppus doofunny doogadget dooginkus doogood doohickie doohinkie doohinkus doojiebob doojigger doojiggus doojinnie doojumfunny doololly doomiejig doomAWADja doomiewadjie doosenwhacker doowhacker doowhackie doowhopper
(you try spellchecking this stuff!)
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my first reaction to thingamajig was this song.. (only i couldn't remember enough of it to find it.. dundee weavers(its a bit baudy, but pg14 or so rated)
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Reminds me of my late cousing Dierdre, often called Dee, who went swimming in the wrong river in northern Australia. Crocodile Done Dee.
edit: my typing is as bad as my proofing.
Last edited by TEd Remington; 01/07/07 08:54 PM.
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My mom always used to say, "That little doobiddie-business!", referring, for ex., to the dog that had climbed up onto the sofa and helped itself to the popcorn she'd left there.
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Wow! Look at them all. And yet, I've never heard any of them in use except dooflop, and that by only one person.
Thanks, tsuwm.
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