doohickey
(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).
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Born ~1914 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
i have Upgraded my Car Doohickey. its now certified audiophile 192kHz 32bit
Doohickey was because I broke a door lock in the process
[this was the doohickey i broke, I did not realize that there were still more bolts/screws/clips after removing all the visible ones and it never occurred to me to take the fucking window, door handle, etc etc out to…
some more elakdornn thoughts cause i like playing toys - cool that elakdornn was given moenbryda's aetheric doohickey to counter fordola since elakdornn is metatextually carrying on moen's will by being the remaining…
The doohickey I was able to contextualize but then the whole inside of the car was gone
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(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).
“[this was the doohickey i broke, I did not realize that there were still more bolts/screws/clips after removing all the visible ones and it never occurred to me to take the fucking window, door handle, etc etc out to access the rest]”
What does this doohickey do?
“i have Upgraded my Car Doohickey. its now certified audiophile 192kHz 32bit”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Doohickey was because I broke a door lock in the process”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[this was the doohickey i broke, I did not realize that there were still more bolts/screws/clips after removing all the visible ones and it never occurred to me to take the fucking window, door handle, etc etc out to access the rest]”
— Bluesky· May 2026“some more elakdornn thoughts cause i like playing toys - cool that elakdornn was given moenbryda's aetheric doohickey to counter fordola since elakdornn is metatextually carrying on moen's will by being the remaining sea wolf roe of the scions”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The doohickey I was able to contextualize but then the whole inside of the car was gone”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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