Definition of FROBNITZ

frobnitz

Meanings

Plural: frobnitzes

Noun

  • Synonym of gizmo.

Origin / 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

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