Is a geegaw the same as a doohickey?

No. Doohickies are functional (more or less). Geegaws tend to be more decorative. Gizzerblinkers are an electronic version of Geegaws.

For the most part, I don't see why not. Though a Knick Knack, to me is a little trinket or something that is put up around the house.

Everything else though, to me, interchangeable.

So is a gizzerblinker the same as a gizmo?

I think of a geegaw as something shiny and decorative and wearable. That Madeleine, she's always got geegaws all over her sweater.

Doohickeys do something. Give me that doohickey, the one that turns to the left.

tchotchke and knick-knacks are decorative things that sit on shelves and need to be dusted (or thrown out). they've probably got some kind of sentimental value. i think of them having different cultural meaning and value.

I think the other words also have different meanings from each other for the most part - a few might be interchangable, but generally no.

correct roger
Widgets are the commercial version of doohickies
I never heard of a gizzerblinker before. I think you made that up!

Wimwoms are somewhat old fashioned and only suitable for a goose's bridle

I prefer googaws in that they tend to be more decorative than doohickies.. which tend to be more like gizmos.

I see were enjoying the new buds I sent everyone for Christmas.

am not..

We talking imperial or metric measures here?

DID NOT!

The original gizzerblinker was a 12 oz soft drink with a bulb on top that somewhat resembled a flickering flame. The application has expanded since the early '70s.

yep I was right roger made that word up.
google gizzerblinker.

I'm positively festive, lambikins.

I did, and it took me back to my own earlier post. Your problem, dadpad, you just don't recognize a primary source when you meet one.

did too!

Nobody's even mentioned a goomer yet.

And has anyone said 'whozamajigger' yet, for that matter?

Googaw may be the california version of geegaw, which I've never heard of.

Goomer? You're not speaking of gomers, are ya? (I'm a little sensitive about that word.)

Goobers are boiled peanuts - in the shell.

So goomers would be? boiled macadamias?

A goomer is the same as a whatchamacallit but the etymology is different. 'Goomer' comes to us via Spanish from 'goomer say-yammo,' meaning 'whatchamacallit.'

And, btw, I've never heard of a googaw. Californians. Sheesh. Always been a geegaw where I came of age.