thingos
Items without names
Thingos is the plural of thingo, an Australian and New Zealand informal term for a thing whose name you can't recall or don't bother to specify: Hand me one of those thingos.
It functions like thingamajig or whatchamacallit but with a distinctly Australasian flavor.
Objects with forgotten names
- doohickeysUnnamed small gadgets
- thingamajigsUnnamed miscellaneous objects
- whatsitsUnnamed miscellaneous items
- gizmosUnspecified small devices
gadgets · doodads · widgets · contraptions · bits · pieces · stuff · items
Informal Aussie vocabulary
- informal speechRelaxed, conversational language
- everyday objectsOrdinary things encountered routinely
- household itemsObjects used domestically
- toolsDevices for doing work
utensils · appliances · belongings · possessions · gear · equipment · supplies · materials
whatchamacallits
Objects with forgotten names
- doohickeysUnnamed small gadgets
- thingamajigsUnnamed miscellaneous objects
- whatsitsUnnamed miscellaneous items
gizmos · gadgets · doodads · widgets · contraptions · bits · pieces · stuff · items · objects
Australian slang
Informal Aussie vocabulary
- informal speechRelaxed, conversational language
- everyday objectsOrdinary things encountered routinely
- household itemsObjects used domestically
tools · utensils · appliances · belongings · possessions · gear · equipment · supplies · materials · accessories
thingosapparatus
Equipment for a task
equipment · implements · instruments · articles · components
- seeing thingsPerceiving nonexistent phenomena
- see thingsPerceive nonexistent objects
- first things firstBegin with essentials
- living thingsEntities with metabolism
- hearing thingsPerceiving nonexistent sounds
- all thingsEvery entity collectively
nothing, things, anything, everything, something, thingamajig, thingamabob, thingummy