English Explanatory Dictionary

frobnitz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of gizmo.

Word forms

frobnitz frobnitzes

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

gizmo

Derived words

frob frobnicate
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