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Quball15 · 2003-12-29 00:10:01

Which two-word phrase is commonly applied to complicated, ingenious and fantastic contraptions of machinery which have a simple function? this is seriously driving me mad...i can't find the answer anywhere:dunno: heeeeelpp

29-12-2003 12:10AM

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Which two-word phrase is commonly applied to complicated, ingenious and fantastic contraptions of machinery which have a simple function?

this is seriously driving me mad...i can't find the answer anywhere:dunno:
heeeeelpp

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#2 29-12-2003 12:20AM

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"doo-hickey"

To use it in a sentance...

"Hey Ma, would ya look at that there doo-hickey!?!"

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#3 29-12-2003 11:59AM

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Well, Heath-Robinson used to make elaborate drawings of those sort of contraptions, so that might have made it into the language.

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#4 29-12-2003 12:38PM

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#5 29-12-2003 10:55PM

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gadget.

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#6 29-12-2003 11:05PM

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Originally posted by Sleepy
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two word phrase sleepy !!!,

prolly is doo hickey, i use thingy mebob

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#7 29-12-2003 11:21PM

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Yoke amajig

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#8 30-12-2003 05:36AM

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whatcha macallit

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#9 30-12-2003 05:39AM

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Jibba' jabba'

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#10 30-12-2003 06:50AM

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i believe the words you're looking for are:

YORE MA!!

*cough*...sorry. it sounded so much funnier in my head....

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#11 30-12-2003 12:23PM

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I'm pretty sure it's 'newfangled'.

The question was what word is 'applied to' so it could be an adjective or a noun.

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#12 30-12-2003 08:23PM

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Complicated simplicity

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