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Old 11-24-2018, 09:46 PM
 
Location: Southwest Washington State
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Most appropriate for me when I step on the scale.
You have given that word a whole new meaning! Bravo!
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Old 11-24-2018, 09:55 PM
 
Location: Southwest Washington State
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Thingamajig

Do you use this word when you can’t think of something’s name? Or do you say, thingamabob, thingy, doohicky, or something else? Which is your favorite?

Could we make up a better word for “unnamed object?”
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Old 11-25-2018, 06:27 AM
 
Location: Southern New England
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whatchamacallit

But I just looked it up to check the spelling and learned that it is actually a candy bar made by Hershey.

Who knew?
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Old 11-25-2018, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Cochise County, AZ
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wishy-washy: feeble or insipid in quality or character; lacking strength or boldness.
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Old 11-25-2018, 09:32 AM
 
Location: Dessert
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No Walmart, they are boycott from my life. If I'm traveling and in some small town where Walmart is litteraly the only store in town, I'll use it and pay cash only.
Oops, sorry, put this in the wrong thread.
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Old 11-25-2018, 03:16 PM
 
Location: Southwest Washington State
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whatchamacallit

But I just looked it up to check the spelling and learned that it is actually a candy bar made by Hershey.

Who knew?
I forgot about whatchamacallit. Don’t you imagine the candy bar was named after the word was coined?

I also wonder what word(s) Brits and Aussies use for “that thing I can’t remember the name of.”
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Old 11-26-2018, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Southwest Washington State
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“none the worse for wear”

Or would you consider that phrase a cliche?
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Old 11-26-2018, 08:49 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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Thingamajig

Do you use this word when you can’t think of something’s name? Or do you say, thingamabob, thingy, doohicky, or something else? Which is your favorite?

Could we make up a better word for “unnamed object?”
My SO just points and says "u...mmmm" until I tell her what it is.
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Old 11-28-2018, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Southern New England
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There are a couple of phrases about excessive pridefulness that I like.

He/she needs to be "taken down a peg or two"

"Get off your high horse" I think this one is best when the first word is pronounced "Git".
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Old 11-28-2018, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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There are a couple of phrases about excessive pridefulness that I like.

He/she needs to be "taken down a peg or two"

"Get off your high horse" I think this one is best when the first word is pronounced "Git".
I recently heard a great one that was brand new:

"That family all got too used to eating their prime rib."

It succinctly summed up a family's hubris so well I thought it approached poetry.

An old farmer said it, and I'm sure he just made it up on the spot while we were talking.

Needless to say, the family we were discussing was in deep trouble that they never expected would come. I thought it was brilliant.
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