Thing-um-a-jig!
He would answer to “Hi!” or to any loud cry, Such as “Fry me!” or “Fritter my wig!” To “What-you-may-call-um!” or “What-was-his-name!” But especially “Thing-um-a-jig!” Always assumed that thingamajig derived from Lewis Carroll’s thing-um-a-jig (1876). I’d seen an oft cited but unsourced reference to 1824 in dictionaries but now found it: June 1824 issue of … Continue reading “Thing-um-a-jig!”