frobnitz

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noun

Synonym of gizmo.

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gizmo
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Meanings

nounfrobnitz (plural frobnitzes)

plural frobnitzes

  1. Synonym of gizmo.

    Synonyms: gizmo

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of gizmo.

Similar
gizmo
Also see
thingy

Origin

Coined c. 1958 by David R. Sawyer of the MIT Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) as a fanciful name for model railroad parts, perhaps originally as a proper noun. More general use presumably dates from the 1960s, as it is not found in the TMRC dictionaries of 1959 or 1960.

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APA

frobnitz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frobnitz

MLA

“frobnitz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frobnitz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frobnitz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frobnitz.

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