13: Making a List and Checking it Twice
1. I recently became interested in the word doodad. An etymology dictionary reports: “unnamed thing,” 1905, chiefly U.S., a made-up word; as is doohickey (1914). Other antonyms for doodad are: Gizmo, thingamajig, and thingamabob. 2. The problem with watching a not so hot DVD movie is that because it’s not memorable there’s a chance I […]
