oojah capivvy

短语

发音

UK /ˌuːdʒɑː kəˈpɪvi/
US /ˌudʒə kəˈpɪvi/

别名

oojah-cum-pivvy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that one cannot name or does not know the name of; a whatsit.

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词源

Unknown. Perhaps from Urdu ḥujjat kāfī fīhi (“argument is sufficient”); compare oojah. Sornig (see quotations below) suggests derivation from Neapolitan agio capit (“I've understood”), but seems to be alone in this suggestion. Attested from the 1910s, often described as soldiers’ or sailors’ slang.

来源：wiktionary