Whatchamacallit & thingamajigger 两个词的用法

今天晚上教大家两个词：用法， 就是想不起某样东西叫什么的时候可以用得上的。就如我们平时叫某人拿某样东西一下子忘记了那东西叫什么，你就会，啊，那个啥，那个啥。。。它们意思相同，可以互换的： Whatchamacallit
	A word used when the actual name of the object in question will not come to mind. Very versatile but often very vague. It is derived from the phrase "what-you-may-call-it" which can be found in T. H. White's The Once and Future King. Claire- "Hey, Adam, hand me the- the- you know, the whatchamacallit." Adam- "The what?"

 

	thingamajigger
	A word that can take the place of any one noun. While working on his hot ride, John Doe reaches for his screw driver but can't reach it. He says to Tony "Eh Tony, hand me the uh.... thingamajigger" Tony-"oh, you mean the screwdriver?" "Yeah, that's it" So I ran over a thingamajigger on the way home from work. It's hair got caught all up in my tires. Sick.

 

好，本宫要摆架回宫洗澡休息了。  本宫？ 是的，今天本宫荣升为御妹（育妹/sportwoman）。。。啊，不是"长平公主" 那个。。。哈哈。 不用送了，别盯着我看，小心我的御林军！

Good good study day day up! 现在应该是 night night up  吧？

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• I just got home, flipped opened my laptop and saw your post... -hammerheadshark- ♀ (641 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 19:34:55

• oh I think your computer was not playing a joke on you -sportwoman- ♀ (416 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 19:57:59

• I was kidding, I did learn something though -hammerheadshark- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 20:54:32

• 学习了. -yingyudidida- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 19:50:04

• 凑个热闹 Wuddaya / toleja -yingyudidida- ♂ (3096 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 07:12:59

• 牛！ -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 08:35:32

• 牛! -tingfeng- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 10:23:07

• Thanks. Thingamajigger seems to be a new word. -EnLearner- ♂ (1199 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 22:17:39

• 学习了, 谢谢! -tingfeng- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 10:20:01