ki9272649
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posted on February 11, 2001 05:35:36 PM
I am still a little new to this so forgive the stupid question(I have already confessed the stupidity of this question so no mean replies please  ) What is a widget?
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corrdogg
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posted on February 11, 2001 05:39:20 PM
It is an “item" of some sort. Like a “whatchamacallit” or a “thing-a-ma-jig”.
[ edited by corrdogg on Feb 11, 2001 05:58 PM ]
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ki9272649
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posted on February 11, 2001 05:53:26 PM
Thanks so much. I have been wondering about this for awhile!!!
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wedgewood
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posted on February 11, 2001 07:45:37 PM
And here I was thinking it was a doo-dad! You learn something new every day!
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goldensands
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posted on February 11, 2001 07:48:39 PM
It's definitely NOT a hoofenfoof for a goose bridle!
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foolproof
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posted on February 11, 2001 07:49:17 PM
Whatchamacallit??? I thought that was a candy bar. I think the actual definition of a widget is "du-flachy".
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havenstone
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posted on February 11, 2001 07:52:06 PM
dooflicky! foolproof!
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foolproof
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posted on February 11, 2001 07:54:39 PM
Duflicky is last years version. It was replaced by the Duflachy.
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lamps4u
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posted on February 11, 2001 07:56:39 PM
A very small witch??????
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wedgewood
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posted on February 11, 2001 08:10:13 PM
foolproof: Isn't a duflachy the little catch on the top of a zipper
lamps4u: A small witch? Did you forget to take your medicine again today by any chance?
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foolproof
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posted on February 11, 2001 08:23:32 PM
Duflachys have been used for that application but only in high stress situations. They have very high tolerance levels. For low stress application you need to use a whoosawhatsit.
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auntieb
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posted on February 11, 2001 08:51:32 PM
Here we have thingamajimmies, thingies, whtchamacallits just to name a few.    h Have a great nite ya'll. auntieb
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kathyg
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posted on February 11, 2001 09:03:05 PM
It has been my experience that widgets tend to be much more streamlined and aerodynamic than thingamajigs, altho thingamajigs have a much higher boiling point.
Whatchamacallits will freeze at room temperature and should never be left with children unattended. Not to be confused with doohickeys, which pretty much taste like chicken, IMO.
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gravid
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posted on February 12, 2001 03:29:35 AM
Duflachys? Thanks kathyg, my Pennsylvania Dutch Grandmother must be spining in her grave to hear that corruption of dohicky. That was one of her often used English words for anything for which she could not remember the real English name.
My Scott Uncle called any unnamed gadget a McGee.
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MrJim
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posted on February 12, 2001 04:39:57 AM
Widget (noun)
1) A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
2) An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
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If you had a box full of Odds & Ends and you sold all but one, what would be left. An Odd or an End.
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Just a moment, back in a flash, after a while, ready in a jiffy, coming soon, see ya later, in a sec...
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victoria
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posted on February 12, 2001 08:57:21 AM
An Odd or an End?
Whichever it was, it would roll under the couch, not to be seen again until I had to pry it out of the vacuum cleaner, where it would become lodged 6 months later.
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jrodgers
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posted on February 12, 2001 01:41:22 PM
A widget is a very similar to a left handed rebule bender except it's red. : )
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bogalucy
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posted on February 12, 2001 07:35:15 PM
G'wan with the whole bunch of you....
A widget is a female widge!
Sheesh!
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