gubbins

n : something whose name is either forgotten or not known [syn:

{dohickey}, {dojigger}, {doodad}, {doohickey}, {gimmick},

{gizmo}, {thingamabob}, {thingumabob}, {thingmabob}, {thingamajig},

{thingumajig}, {thingmajig}, {thingummy}]

gubbish

/guhb'▫sh/ (A portmanteau of "garbage" and "rubbish"

which may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick)

Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The

opposite portmanteau "rubbage" is also reported.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-05-09)