"Mind you, the light-fingered jacko who shagged off with my trophy may have solved a problem for me in obviating the need for me to make a decision as to which of my two sons will inherit the plastic
geegaw."
Watch everyone at the BBQ
Geegaw skyward, & then after
Imindmatters TRYSTWILLIAMS On a dank Thursday night in January the half-glimpsed die represented so much more than the cheap plastic
geegaw it so patently was.
The very word 'baroque' derives (via French in the 18th century) from a Portuguese word for a misshapen pearl and there is a splendid example of such an excrescence turned into a delightfully unnecessary bejewelled
geegaw from Dresden at the outset of the show, richly scattered with diamonds and emeralds.
No matter whether or not it's a just war, if I had a family member over there, I would expect them to be provided with every gadget, gizmo and
geegaw available.
GH
geegaw / heehaw GJ gagman / jajman GL gadger / ladler GN agog / anon GP gurgle / purple GS gouge / souse GV Galga / valva GY dogleg / doyley GI wagwag / Waiwai GK gong / konk GM gorgon / Mormon GO gleg / oleo GR gugal / rural GT disgorged / distorted GW Gheg / whew GZ gange / zanze
Tom Hanks rated a $4,424 Sugimoto print, but Ovitz got away with a $495 jeweled
geegaw for the combustible David Letterman.
I'll bet you added some
geegaw or widget to it the first time you had a little jingle in your pockets.
The large corpus of souvenirs were derisively labelled "whimsy," "
geegaw," "curio," "knickknack" and "trinket" indicating their bargain-basement status.
Suddenly we're all wandering about with moon eyes remembering sweatbands, hula-hoops, skateboards, frisbees or whatever particular plastic
geegaw was elevated to become "the craze" when we were kids.
He has turned them into children's characters, via books, CDs, T-shirts, pens, fridge magnets and every other
geegaw going.
I love the novelty of having a giant tree covered with garish
geegaws in my sitting room.