# Your favourite words for \*thingies\*? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345 "2021-02-20T12:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/41 "2021-03-19T22:59:11Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Deelybopper Dealiebopper. (Cuz it’s a little dealie thingamabopper.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/42 "2021-03-20T07:22:17Z")
_Whoozamawhatsit_ ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/43 "2021-03-20T13:31:21Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > If necessary, you can say, with firm emphasis, “you know, _ **THAT** _ thing.” > > That always helps. Yanno, the thing with the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/44 "2021-03-20T13:39:13Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Yanno, the thing with the stuff. Yeah, the one we got from that dude at the place that one time. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/45 "2021-03-22T03:07:44Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Or if I’m really desperate, “The thing with the thing.” It’s things all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/46 "2021-03-22T19:37:33Z")
In English, whatchamacallit In Spanish, chingadera, although not in mixed company 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/47 "2021-03-23T23:53:45Z")
In the military it’s “that f\*\*\*ing thing”. And sometimes in mixed company but depends on who. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/48 "2021-03-24T00:12:25Z")
In English: Thingamabob (I love that word) In Spanish: “Coso” (Thingo, “Cosa” is “thing” a “coso” would be a male “cosa”, I think) or “Cosito” (same but the “ito” suffix indicates that is small, “little thingo”). When desperate it could be “El coso del cosito” (The thingo of the little thingo). ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/49 "2021-04-23T21:07:29Z")
Another one in Spanish is “chingadera” but it’s rather vulgar. (Chingar is the equivalent of fuck, so chingadera is like little fucking thing). ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/50 "2021-04-24T00:36:31Z")
Thank you for that. I had heard the word before, and had been told it was vulgar, but no one would say what the word actually meant. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/51 "2021-04-24T03:12:27Z")
Chingadera is not a word in the spanish we use here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/52 "2021-04-29T22:07:24Z")
I think it’s mostly in Mexican Spanish So either you don’t live in Mexico, or you move in very polite circles. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/53 "2021-04-30T13:46:09Z")
I move in very impolite circles but about 7,388 km from old Tenochtitlan ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/54 "2021-05-02T20:50:04Z")
Chingadera is not considered a very vulgar word in México. You may not hear it used by a priest or a teacher in church or school but that doesn’t mean it isn’t part of their vocabulary among friends. A better meaning is something with little importance or significance. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345/55 "2021-05-02T21:16:01Z")
In my family it’s a thingy when you can’t remember what it’s called, but you know what you want. And if you won’t know what it is you’re looking for, it’s a kaboober. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345.md?page=2)