tumshie
n.— «Och, ye muckle tumshie, hae ye nae sense avah?» —“Re: The great LP vs CD debate/war” by patent3@popmail.dircon.co.uk (Stewart Pinkerton) Usenet: rec.audio.opinion Dec. 26, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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