nurdle
n.— «“No it’s not. Mine’s got a bigger nurdle.” “Yeah, but I bet it hasn’t got one of them new widgets”» —“Re: Amiga vs. Mac” by Julian Barkway Usenet: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Jan. 21, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The word nurdle, sometimes spelled nerdle, can be used to denote various “small bits of things,” such as styrofoam packing material or detritus in one’s pockets. It may be related to the word nodule. Like thingamabob and whatsit...
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