gadget vs thingummy

gadget

noun
  • Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated. 

  • Any consumer electronics product. 

  • A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker. 

  • A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem. Used in constructing reductions. 

thingummy

noun
  • Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely. 

  • Synonym of whatshisname: someone one cannot remember the name of. 

How often have the words gadget and thingummy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )