RE: What do I call this doodad?

["Van Boening, Tammy" <tammy -dot- vanboening -at- Fiserv -dot- com>]

If not doo-hickey, than how about whatchya-ma-callit or
thing-a-ma-jigger. You know, I was going to supply you a
whatchyamacallit for your thingamajigger, but I forgot the size of your
doohickey! (I know, I know - I am banned from the list now!)

TVB


Tammy L. Van Boening
Engineering Technical Writer
Fiserv Insurance Solutions 
Property and Casualty Division
303-729-7733
tammy -dot- vanboening -at- fiserv -dot- com
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Subject: Re: What do I call this doodad?

Removable storage media?

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth J. Allen
Technical Writer
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert
Einstein


Cloy Tobola said:
> I need to refer to use of a flash drive / USB drive / thumb drive.
> .
> Is there a standard term for these ubiquitous doohickeys?
>
> -Cloy


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