thingmy

English

Adjective

thingmy (comparative more thingmy, superlative most thingmy)

1. (informal, chiefly Scotland) Agitated, flustered, in a lather.
   • 2005, Immy Holloway, editor, Qualitative Research in Health Care, Open University Press, →ISBN, page 68:

     If a guy is going to get thingmy when he sees a women pull her breast out then he is not much a guy is he.

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Noun

thingmy (plural thingmies)

1. (informal, chiefly Scotland) A thingy; a non-specific object or gadget.
   • 2000, Susie Maguire, The Short Hello, Polygon, →ISBN:

     It was a huge, massive great place, with loads of people dragging lights around, and tiers of seating, and a big blonde woman wearing earmuff thingmies, […]

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Translations

thingy — see thingy

Scots

Alternative forms

• hingmy

Noun

thingmy (plural thingmies)

1. (informal) A thingy; a non-specific object or gadget.