When you say thingy, what are you referring to?

That is the technical term for a dodad or a thingamabob.

When I say and use the word “thingy”

It usually means my mind’s like a dinghy

Symbolic of floating away from shore

Wishing I could recall certain words a little bit more.

So, in answer to your question, by saying “thingy” what am I referring to?

That “whatchamacallit” ~ OR ~ “whozeewhatzit” ~ OR ~

“whatever the heck it is?

Hoping that you’ll understand and know I’m referring to just plain “THIS” !!!!

you say thingy whern your refering to something that you dont know the name of it. or something that you know the name of but cant think of the proper name of it. usually people use thingy when the object doesnt hold any meaning to the person who’s using it such as: a person who know’s nothing about car’s would say. sue can you get that thingy over there left to the jack.

The subject of the conversation? Say we’re talking about a large, complicated device with a long, complicated name. We would just call it a thingy. Or, we don’t know the name of the large complicated device; then we would call it a thingy as well.

Poor English.

When you can’t think of a word for something you substitute the word thingy

Something you can’t remember the name of, so you say that thingy!

whatever object you are speaking of in a conversation…that would be the thingy. a word used to replace the actual name of an object.

It’s a euphamism for whatever you forgot.

whatchamacallit

whatsit

whatsis

dohickey

dojigger

doodad

gizmo

thingamabob

thingamajig

whatnot

And yes, in some cases, it can refer to body parts not mentioned in polite company.

It is referring to a thin appearance or people/

its an item of some sort usually the name of something you cant think of the name at the time or at all