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Thread #167059   Message #4025044
Posted By: Helen
26-Dec-19 - 09:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Merry Wossname
Subject: RE: BS: Merry Wossname
Yes, keberoxu, although I had heard the word "wossname" on British TV shows, it never really registered in my brain as a word until Terry Pratchett used it.

In Oz we have whatsits, whatchama'callits, whoozama'jigs, thingumy'jigs, thingummy'bobs - well, the list goes on and on. (The ' mark shows the start of the accentuated syllable, in case you are wondering. They aren't spelled that way.) Thingy-poo is also a favourite of mine.