And that’s a technical term

Oct 21st, 2006 by Accidental Thinker

In our household, that bodily organ known to the rest of the English speaking world as the brain, will forevermore be referred to as the "thinking thingy."

Someone’s "thinking thingy" apparently malfunctioned and could not retrieve its own identity, but the "thinking thingy’s" owner (a certain eight-year-old who shall remain nameless, to protect the guilty) is no slouch when it comes to improvisation.

Do you suppose Roget’s would be interested if I submitted this for consideration as a thesaurus entry?

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7 Responses to “And that’s a technical term”

on 21 Oct 2006 at 11:42 pm1Karin

You know – it’s all about getting your meaning across right? I think “someone” succeeded at that…lol!
on 22 Oct 2006 at 11:14 am2Miss Cellania

My eight- and nine-year-old both know how to switch off that thiking thingy when it suits their purpose!
on 22 Oct 2006 at 5:43 pm3Herb

Ah’m own right out and fetch me a couple of them fer me an’ mah frends.
on 23 Oct 2006 at 6:34 pm4Jolynn

I’m very familiar with thinky thingys as well as “insert lost thought here” thingy’s. Insurance thingy is a term I used recently when I couldn’t come up with words for benefits meeting.
on 23 Oct 2006 at 9:54 pm5Paul N.

The answer to your last question: Yes!
on 24 Oct 2006 at 7:15 am6cassie-b

I have a thinking thingy somewhere, but I can’t remember where I left it.

I need a finding thingy.
on 25 Oct 2006 at 9:06 am7Mike

Bill Cosby, early in his career, did a great monlogue on kids all too frequent and convenient phrase, “I don’t know?”