posted on January 6, 2001 03:14:50 AM
A generic term for a thing you want to talk about without specifically mentioning the thing. That way we can't search for an auction in question, but still talk about an auction. Make sense? I hope so since it's 4am and I should go to bed!
~~Angels fly because they take themselves lightly~~
posted on January 6, 2001 05:57:59 AM
And it's an honest-to-god technical and official term, too. Webster's:
Main Entry: wid·get
Pronunciation: 'wi-j&t
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of gadget
Date: 1926
1 : GADGET
2 : an unnamed article considered for purposes of hypothetical example
