tiddlypush colloq.
(stress variable)
A meaningless word substituted for the name of a person or thing which the speaker has forgotten, does not know, or is unwilling to mention. Cf. thingummy.
| 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 342 And tidderly push, et patati et patata. 1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 168 He wore a belt Whenever he felt A pain in his tiddly⁓push. 1939 Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime ii. 27 It simply says ‘The marriage arranged between George Tiddlypush and Amelia Stick-in-the-mud will not take place.’ 1962 Guardian 17 July 16/4 Mr Randolph Churchill..said..he had shown that if he wanted to ‘get rid of anyone—from Lord Salisbury down to Mr Tiddlypush—he does so’. |