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Is a geegaw the same as a doohickey?

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roger
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 12:02 am
@ossobuco,
I dunno. How do you separate macadamias from little pieces of gravel?
Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 12:04 am
@roger,
Very Happy Mr. Green
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dadpad
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 12:17 am
@roger,
With a gravel separatin thingumy I guess.
I have a doodad in the shed.
roger
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 01:23 am
@dadpad,
Sure. Gravel is heavier; we can pan for macadamias.
Sglass
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 04:50 am
@roger,
What are you talking about? You are confusing me.
tycoon
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 07:09 am
What the hoodanger?
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boomerang
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 09:26 am
I think you all are making up words to placehold words that serve as placeholding words for things you can't remember.
Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 11:28 am
@Sglass,
It's all right to be confused. Roger is confusing 'macadam' with 'macademia.'
ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 11:32 am
@boomerang,
You look nice with that geegaw on your sweatshirt.
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 11:33 am
@Merry Andrew,
Well, at least both is Dutch.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 11:33 am
@Walter Hinteler,
m-w

Main Entry: gew·gaw
Pronunciation: \ˈg(y)ü-(ˌ)gȯ\
Variant(s): also gee·gaw \ˈj?"-, ˈg?"-\
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1529
: a showy trifle : bauble, trinket

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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 11:38 am
@Merry Andrew,
We'll have to asphaltum for that.
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boomerang
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 11:50 am
@ehBeth,
Well you know me... people think I wear those geegaws for glamour but I really do it to keep my magpie hoard close.

Magpies love geegaws.
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roger
 
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Reply Wed 30 Dec, 2009 02:34 pm
@Merry Andrew,
Bet that Rocky Road ice cream has overtones of asphalt, too.
Sglass
 
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Reply Thu 31 Dec, 2009 11:12 am
i like guccimafia

i just made it up
ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 31 Dec, 2009 11:14 am
@Sglass,
Good word, beats 'fashionistas'...
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Thu 31 Dec, 2009 11:29 am
@roger,
Paves the way to a hearty heart attack.
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Eorl
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jan, 2010 07:27 pm
@boomerang,
boomerang wrote:

So is a gizzerblinker the same as a gizmo?


nah, gizmos are far more clever and practical than gizzerblinkers
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glitterbag
 
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Reply Fri 27 Mar, 2015 01:01 am
@boomerang,
a geegaw tchotchke and knickknack are practically the same thing. Geegaw is sometimes used to describe pretentious items not necessarily useful....depending on the part of the country to live in. there is one other word, gimcrack which usually indicates a showy, useless trinket. knickknacks and tchotchkes are used in either a brilliant or drab collection of collectible crap people like to display in their homes.
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