'thingy' is the best word everand is used extensively in the anatomical,surgical and medical fields of communication.
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Elvis impersonator,
Sun 28 Jul 2013, 12:37,
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"Nurse, fetch the machine that goes "ping" and pass me the discombobulator for this thingy."That was a brilliant episode of E.R.
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch,
Sun 28 Jul 2013, 14:56,
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