Thingy

n.

Heard in Antrim and Kilkenny

A placeholder for a person's name one cannot quite recall.

In use

Thingy's a geg so he is.

Posh English

What is his name is quite the amusing sort, he genuinely is.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Thingy mobobA thing whose proper name one cannot recall.
  • Langer DanA placeholder name for a man whose actual name one cannot recall.
  • ThingymajigA placeholder term for an object whose name one cannot recall.
  • WhatchamcallitA placeholder term used when one cannot recall the proper name of an object or gadget.
  • Yoke-eh-me-bobA placeholder term for an object whose proper name one cannot recall.
  • Yolk a me bobA placeholder phrase used when one cannot recall the name of something.