Clyde, RonN, At 18:15 07/22/2000 -0500, you wrote: >>You are correct; thingee is not in my dictionary. Terms listed are >>thingamajig, or thingamabob (which is defined as a thingamajig!), for >those who want to be more grammatically correct. >...in BIG BOOK, but my spell checker likes it. Go figure. How heavy is your >dictionary? <G> My big dictionery, which weighs 11#(5 kg), Webster's New 20th Century (1956). Has the following: *thingumajig, n. a thingumbob [Colloq] *thingumbob {please note - no a}, n. [extension of older thingum, from thing] any device; a contrivance; a gadget: humorous subustitue for a name not known or temporarily forgotten [Colloq.] No listing for "thingee" To all the etymologists out there, might I suggest that one meaning for thingee could be derived from; *thing meaning #10 - an act; a deed; a transaction; a matter; an event; an action; that which is done, has been done, or is to be done. Just as in grant > grantee; abduct > abductee **thingee - n, receptor of a thing; a victim; a target. As in - you're _all_ thingees after receiving this post... ;-} Many other further meanings possible. Conrad Hoffsommer - Decorah, Ia. He who laughs last found another meaning. ........and then defined it.
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