We have a lot of conversations like this in our house. My MIL, may she rest in peace (though I doubt it), used to fill all brain-gaps in her conversation with “that devil” instead of “thingy”. So you got asked things like, “Where did I put that devil when we came in?”These days, it’s, “Where did I put the thing?” “What thing—oh, I know, you mean the…the…doohicky!”
We have a lot of conversations like this in our house. My MIL, may she rest in peace (though I doubt it), used to fill all brain-gaps in her conversation with “that devil” instead of “thingy”. So you got asked things like, “Where did I put that devil when we came in?”These days, it’s, “Where did I put the thing?” “What thing—oh, I know, you mean the…the…doohicky!”