Diy And Home Improvement Vocabulary

noun A slang term for a hammer, implying that in Birmingham, people use hammers to fix things instead of screwdrivers.

• The Birmingham screwdriver is a slang term for a hammer.
• I couldn't find a screwdriver so I used the Birmingham screwdriver instead.
• I always keep a Birmingham screwdriver in my toolbox for quick fixes.
• He approached the problem with a Birmingham screwdriver mentality, using brute force to solve it.

noun a nonspecific or placeholder term used to refer to an object whose name is unknown or forgotten

• The engineer referred to the small device as a thingamajiggy in his technical report.
• Can you pass me that thingamajiggy over there?
• I have no idea what this thingamajiggy is for.
• The concept of love is like a mysterious thingamajiggy that we can't fully understand.