Wordy Wednesday

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It’s Wordy Wednesday and I have a great word for you today.

According to Collins English Dictionary, Gubbins refers to an object of little value; a small gadget; odds and ends, or a silly person. It goes back as far as the 16th century and is derived from the obsolete word, gobbon – likely related to gobbet, meaning a small piece of food.

It’s an excellent word for describing all manner of bits and pieces there’s no other suitable word for. An example might be, “All the computer gubbins is in the drawer”.

I invite you to share your favourite, obsolete, funny or otherwise entertaining words with me.

Please share your own words in comments

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  2. Ah, such a great word, often heard it as a child on the farm. We had a lot of gubbins. I always liked Nincompoop, my granny used it a lot. It meant you were a bit of an idiot, but she used it in kind way.

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      1. I just looked it up, and there are a lot of ideas. My favourite is going back to bibical times and derived from Nicodemus who apparently asked Jesus naive questions. Now I’m wondering what he asked? Sounds like a Life of Brian sketch 😂

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