Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Material; like a material object; objective; actual; real.
- Materialistic; practical; given to thinginess; pragmatical: as, a thingy person or view.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
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Examples
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Damn this log in thingy is a pain, it never works first time for me.
Quick One Newmania 2007
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That's a chocolate hat, and the label thingy is icing.
Sadly, No! 2008
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The direct url to the thingy is here, and you can make your own photo.
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Your little magic 8 ball thingy is lying top you …
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Your little magic 8 ball thingy is lying top you …
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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
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Tor has a cool proof-of-concept video of the hand wave thingy from the film Minority Report.
November 2008 2008
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GOPers .... are we returning to the old "flip flopper" thingy from the Kerry election?
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Pity the insult thingy is damn funny in pointless childish way
Compose Your Own Insult For Gordon Brown Newmania 2008
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Tor has a cool proof-of-concept video of the hand wave thingy from the film Minority Report.
sonofgroucho commented on the word thingy
I love this word.
April 25, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thingy
Interesting...I've always spelled it thingie. Guess it's the Wordie in me. ;-)
April 25, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word thingy
I'm sure both spellings would be acceptable to most people, although ninjawords and dictionary.com both seem to favour "thingy".
May 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the word thingy
Thingy wins. End of discussion.
May 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word thingy
Not on my list it doesn't!
May 7, 2007
saramuse commented on the word thingy
thing-y.
April 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word thingy
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.
April 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word thingy
I tried Sarah Palin fighting pitbull, a victory for the former by 16 million to 900 thousand.
October 12, 2008