What's the meaning of the sentence on Ariel's shirt?












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In Ralph Breaks The Internet, in one scene, Ariel wears the t-shirt pictured below.



It says:




Gizmos &

Whooz-Its &

Whats-Its &

Snarfblats &

Dinglehoppers




Being not native speaker I'm having an hard time understanding its meaning.



May someone explain?



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    This shirt is also a reference to the "John & Paul & Ringo & George." Beatles T-shirt created by Experimental Jetset in 2001 - experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george

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In Ralph Breaks The Internet, in one scene, Ariel wears the t-shirt pictured below.



It says:




Gizmos &

Whooz-Its &

Whats-Its &

Snarfblats &

Dinglehoppers




Being not native speaker I'm having an hard time understanding its meaning.



May someone explain?



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    This shirt is also a reference to the "John & Paul & Ringo & George." Beatles T-shirt created by Experimental Jetset in 2001 - experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george

    – Jacob Krall
    11 hours ago














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In Ralph Breaks The Internet, in one scene, Ariel wears the t-shirt pictured below.



It says:




Gizmos &

Whooz-Its &

Whats-Its &

Snarfblats &

Dinglehoppers




Being not native speaker I'm having an hard time understanding its meaning.



May someone explain?



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In Ralph Breaks The Internet, in one scene, Ariel wears the t-shirt pictured below.



It says:




Gizmos &

Whooz-Its &

Whats-Its &

Snarfblats &

Dinglehoppers




Being not native speaker I'm having an hard time understanding its meaning.



May someone explain?



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  • thisisinsider.com/…

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    15 hours ago






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    This shirt is also a reference to the "John & Paul & Ringo & George." Beatles T-shirt created by Experimental Jetset in 2001 - experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george

    – Jacob Krall
    11 hours ago



















  • thisisinsider.com/…

    – BCdotWEB
    15 hours ago






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    This shirt is also a reference to the "John & Paul & Ringo & George." Beatles T-shirt created by Experimental Jetset in 2001 - experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george

    – Jacob Krall
    11 hours ago

















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This shirt is also a reference to the "John & Paul & Ringo & George." Beatles T-shirt created by Experimental Jetset in 2001 - experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george

– Jacob Krall
11 hours ago





This shirt is also a reference to the "John & Paul & Ringo & George." Beatles T-shirt created by Experimental Jetset in 2001 - experimentaljetset.nl/archive/john-paul-ringo-george

– Jacob Krall
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These are references to Ariel's treasures in The Little Mermaid.




Ariel has collected many things, each representing a special memory, adventure or a new discovery. She calls them her gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs.



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The Dinglehopper (a.k.a. the fork) is an artifact from the sunken ship which Ariel and Flounder explore early in The Little Mermaid. It is in fact a fairly ordinary object, but Ariel prizes the dinglehopper, as it is an artifact of the human world.




The Snarfblatt was a smoking pipe but Ariel was told....




[Scuttle shows Ariel and Flounder a tobacco pipe]



Scuttle: This, I haven't seen this in years. This is wonderful! A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.



Ariel and Flounder: Oh!



Scuttle: Now, the snarfblatt dates back to prehistorical times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music. Allow me. [blows into it, only to have seaweed and water come out]



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    For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

    – 1006a
    10 hours ago






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    It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

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    9 hours ago






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    Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

    – jmbpiano
    8 hours ago











  • Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

    – JPhi1618
    7 hours ago











  • The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

    – swbarnes2
    5 hours ago



















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The shirt is a play on a design meme popular a few years ago, where related words or names are listed in Helvetica font with ampersands in between them, and a period after the last one. (The meme originated with a Beatles T-Shirt designed by a Dutch company.)



The words on Ariel's shirt all come from The Little Mermaid movie. Ariel likes to collect human artifacts. She calls them her treasures, but doesn't know what they are. She believes her seagull friend Scuttle knows all about humans (he doesn't, of course), and asks him the name and purpose of the things she finds. Since he doesn't actually know any more about humans than she does, the names he gives are nonsense words (dinglehopper, snarfblat) or words used as placeholders when you don't know what something is called (gizmo, whooz-it, whats-it, thingamabob).




I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

I've got whoozits and whatzits galore

You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!
"Part of Your World" lyrics




(From watching that song a few times, I've determined that a gizmo is a pocket watch, and thingamabobs are corkscrews. I can't figure out what object she's holding when she says "gadget" - it's something diamond-shaped at the end of a string. She sings "whoozits" and "whatsits" off-screen, but it's possible one or the other of them is used for eyeglasses, since that's what's shown when she sings those words.)



Scuttle also tells Ariel utter nonsense about what the items are used for. For example, when Ariel shows him a fork, he says,




It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over.
IMDB




Similarly, about a smoking pipe:




Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful!
Ariel: What is it?
Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
Ariel, Flounder: Oh.
Scuttle: You see the snarfblatt dates back to pre-hysterical times when humans would sit around and stare at each other all day.

[long pause]
Scuttle: got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music, allow me!
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    These are references to Ariel's treasures in The Little Mermaid.




    Ariel has collected many things, each representing a special memory, adventure or a new discovery. She calls them her gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs.



    A Wikia



    The Dinglehopper (a.k.a. the fork) is an artifact from the sunken ship which Ariel and Flounder explore early in The Little Mermaid. It is in fact a fairly ordinary object, but Ariel prizes the dinglehopper, as it is an artifact of the human world.




    The Snarfblatt was a smoking pipe but Ariel was told....




    [Scuttle shows Ariel and Flounder a tobacco pipe]



    Scuttle: This, I haven't seen this in years. This is wonderful! A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.



    Ariel and Flounder: Oh!



    Scuttle: Now, the snarfblatt dates back to prehistorical times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music. Allow me. [blows into it, only to have seaweed and water come out]



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      For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

      – 1006a
      10 hours ago






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      It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

      – SpaceToast
      9 hours ago






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      Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

      – jmbpiano
      8 hours ago











    • Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

      – JPhi1618
      7 hours ago











    • The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

      – swbarnes2
      5 hours ago
















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    These are references to Ariel's treasures in The Little Mermaid.




    Ariel has collected many things, each representing a special memory, adventure or a new discovery. She calls them her gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs.



    A Wikia



    The Dinglehopper (a.k.a. the fork) is an artifact from the sunken ship which Ariel and Flounder explore early in The Little Mermaid. It is in fact a fairly ordinary object, but Ariel prizes the dinglehopper, as it is an artifact of the human world.




    The Snarfblatt was a smoking pipe but Ariel was told....




    [Scuttle shows Ariel and Flounder a tobacco pipe]



    Scuttle: This, I haven't seen this in years. This is wonderful! A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.



    Ariel and Flounder: Oh!



    Scuttle: Now, the snarfblatt dates back to prehistorical times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music. Allow me. [blows into it, only to have seaweed and water come out]



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      For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

      – 1006a
      10 hours ago






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      It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

      – SpaceToast
      9 hours ago






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      Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

      – jmbpiano
      8 hours ago











    • Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

      – JPhi1618
      7 hours ago











    • The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

      – swbarnes2
      5 hours ago














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    These are references to Ariel's treasures in The Little Mermaid.




    Ariel has collected many things, each representing a special memory, adventure or a new discovery. She calls them her gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs.



    A Wikia



    The Dinglehopper (a.k.a. the fork) is an artifact from the sunken ship which Ariel and Flounder explore early in The Little Mermaid. It is in fact a fairly ordinary object, but Ariel prizes the dinglehopper, as it is an artifact of the human world.




    The Snarfblatt was a smoking pipe but Ariel was told....




    [Scuttle shows Ariel and Flounder a tobacco pipe]



    Scuttle: This, I haven't seen this in years. This is wonderful! A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.



    Ariel and Flounder: Oh!



    Scuttle: Now, the snarfblatt dates back to prehistorical times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music. Allow me. [blows into it, only to have seaweed and water come out]



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    These are references to Ariel's treasures in The Little Mermaid.




    Ariel has collected many things, each representing a special memory, adventure or a new discovery. She calls them her gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs.



    A Wikia



    The Dinglehopper (a.k.a. the fork) is an artifact from the sunken ship which Ariel and Flounder explore early in The Little Mermaid. It is in fact a fairly ordinary object, but Ariel prizes the dinglehopper, as it is an artifact of the human world.




    The Snarfblatt was a smoking pipe but Ariel was told....




    [Scuttle shows Ariel and Flounder a tobacco pipe]



    Scuttle: This, I haven't seen this in years. This is wonderful! A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.



    Ariel and Flounder: Oh!



    Scuttle: Now, the snarfblatt dates back to prehistorical times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music. Allow me. [blows into it, only to have seaweed and water come out]



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      For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

      – 1006a
      10 hours ago






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      It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

      – SpaceToast
      9 hours ago






    • 2





      Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

      – jmbpiano
      8 hours ago











    • Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

      – JPhi1618
      7 hours ago











    • The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

      – swbarnes2
      5 hours ago














    • 24





      For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

      – 1006a
      10 hours ago






    • 4





      It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

      – SpaceToast
      9 hours ago






    • 2





      Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

      – jmbpiano
      8 hours ago











    • Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

      – JPhi1618
      7 hours ago











    • The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

      – swbarnes2
      5 hours ago








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    For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

    – 1006a
    10 hours ago





    For the benefit of non-native speakers, it might be helpful to point out that gadget and gizmo are both words used for mechanical things when we don't know their real name (or purpose), whosit, whatsit, and thingamabob are words used for anything whose name we don't know or can't think of right now, and dinglehopper and snarfblatt are nonsense words made up for the movie.

    – 1006a
    10 hours ago




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    It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

    – SpaceToast
    9 hours ago





    It might also help to clarify: Ariel discovers human items under the sea, which she brings to Scuttle, a seagull, for identification. Scuttle doesn't really know what they are, so he invents names and uses for the items, because he knows that Ariel can't verify what he says. Probably he just likes her attention.

    – SpaceToast
    9 hours ago




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    Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

    – jmbpiano
    8 hours ago





    Also, to expand on @1006a 's comment- The word "whosit" is understood by native speakers as a contraction of the question "Who is it?" (or possibly "Whose is it?"). Similarly, "whatsit" is a contraction of "What is it?". "Thingamabob", AFAIK, doesn't have any particular expansion other than including the words "thing" and "bob" (see also "bauble").

    – jmbpiano
    8 hours ago













    Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

    – JPhi1618
    7 hours ago





    Many of these words are also used in one of the more memorable songs of the movie.

    – JPhi1618
    7 hours ago













    The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

    – swbarnes2
    5 hours ago





    The lyrics to "Part of your world" include "I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, I've got whosits and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty"

    – swbarnes2
    5 hours ago











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    The shirt is a play on a design meme popular a few years ago, where related words or names are listed in Helvetica font with ampersands in between them, and a period after the last one. (The meme originated with a Beatles T-Shirt designed by a Dutch company.)



    The words on Ariel's shirt all come from The Little Mermaid movie. Ariel likes to collect human artifacts. She calls them her treasures, but doesn't know what they are. She believes her seagull friend Scuttle knows all about humans (he doesn't, of course), and asks him the name and purpose of the things she finds. Since he doesn't actually know any more about humans than she does, the names he gives are nonsense words (dinglehopper, snarfblat) or words used as placeholders when you don't know what something is called (gizmo, whooz-it, whats-it, thingamabob).




    I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

    I've got whoozits and whatzits galore

    You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!
    "Part of Your World" lyrics




    (From watching that song a few times, I've determined that a gizmo is a pocket watch, and thingamabobs are corkscrews. I can't figure out what object she's holding when she says "gadget" - it's something diamond-shaped at the end of a string. She sings "whoozits" and "whatsits" off-screen, but it's possible one or the other of them is used for eyeglasses, since that's what's shown when she sings those words.)



    Scuttle also tells Ariel utter nonsense about what the items are used for. For example, when Ariel shows him a fork, he says,




    It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over.
    IMDB




    Similarly, about a smoking pipe:




    Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful!
    Ariel: What is it?
    Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
    Ariel, Flounder: Oh.
    Scuttle: You see the snarfblatt dates back to pre-hysterical times when humans would sit around and stare at each other all day.

    [long pause]
    Scuttle: got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music, allow me!
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      The shirt is a play on a design meme popular a few years ago, where related words or names are listed in Helvetica font with ampersands in between them, and a period after the last one. (The meme originated with a Beatles T-Shirt designed by a Dutch company.)



      The words on Ariel's shirt all come from The Little Mermaid movie. Ariel likes to collect human artifacts. She calls them her treasures, but doesn't know what they are. She believes her seagull friend Scuttle knows all about humans (he doesn't, of course), and asks him the name and purpose of the things she finds. Since he doesn't actually know any more about humans than she does, the names he gives are nonsense words (dinglehopper, snarfblat) or words used as placeholders when you don't know what something is called (gizmo, whooz-it, whats-it, thingamabob).




      I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

      I've got whoozits and whatzits galore

      You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!
      "Part of Your World" lyrics




      (From watching that song a few times, I've determined that a gizmo is a pocket watch, and thingamabobs are corkscrews. I can't figure out what object she's holding when she says "gadget" - it's something diamond-shaped at the end of a string. She sings "whoozits" and "whatsits" off-screen, but it's possible one or the other of them is used for eyeglasses, since that's what's shown when she sings those words.)



      Scuttle also tells Ariel utter nonsense about what the items are used for. For example, when Ariel shows him a fork, he says,




      It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over.
      IMDB




      Similarly, about a smoking pipe:




      Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful!
      Ariel: What is it?
      Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
      Ariel, Flounder: Oh.
      Scuttle: You see the snarfblatt dates back to pre-hysterical times when humans would sit around and stare at each other all day.

      [long pause]
      Scuttle: got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music, allow me!
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        The shirt is a play on a design meme popular a few years ago, where related words or names are listed in Helvetica font with ampersands in between them, and a period after the last one. (The meme originated with a Beatles T-Shirt designed by a Dutch company.)



        The words on Ariel's shirt all come from The Little Mermaid movie. Ariel likes to collect human artifacts. She calls them her treasures, but doesn't know what they are. She believes her seagull friend Scuttle knows all about humans (he doesn't, of course), and asks him the name and purpose of the things she finds. Since he doesn't actually know any more about humans than she does, the names he gives are nonsense words (dinglehopper, snarfblat) or words used as placeholders when you don't know what something is called (gizmo, whooz-it, whats-it, thingamabob).




        I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

        I've got whoozits and whatzits galore

        You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!
        "Part of Your World" lyrics




        (From watching that song a few times, I've determined that a gizmo is a pocket watch, and thingamabobs are corkscrews. I can't figure out what object she's holding when she says "gadget" - it's something diamond-shaped at the end of a string. She sings "whoozits" and "whatsits" off-screen, but it's possible one or the other of them is used for eyeglasses, since that's what's shown when she sings those words.)



        Scuttle also tells Ariel utter nonsense about what the items are used for. For example, when Ariel shows him a fork, he says,




        It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over.
        IMDB




        Similarly, about a smoking pipe:




        Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful!
        Ariel: What is it?
        Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
        Ariel, Flounder: Oh.
        Scuttle: You see the snarfblatt dates back to pre-hysterical times when humans would sit around and stare at each other all day.

        [long pause]
        Scuttle: got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music, allow me!
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        The shirt is a play on a design meme popular a few years ago, where related words or names are listed in Helvetica font with ampersands in between them, and a period after the last one. (The meme originated with a Beatles T-Shirt designed by a Dutch company.)



        The words on Ariel's shirt all come from The Little Mermaid movie. Ariel likes to collect human artifacts. She calls them her treasures, but doesn't know what they are. She believes her seagull friend Scuttle knows all about humans (he doesn't, of course), and asks him the name and purpose of the things she finds. Since he doesn't actually know any more about humans than she does, the names he gives are nonsense words (dinglehopper, snarfblat) or words used as placeholders when you don't know what something is called (gizmo, whooz-it, whats-it, thingamabob).




        I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

        I've got whoozits and whatzits galore

        You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!
        "Part of Your World" lyrics




        (From watching that song a few times, I've determined that a gizmo is a pocket watch, and thingamabobs are corkscrews. I can't figure out what object she's holding when she says "gadget" - it's something diamond-shaped at the end of a string. She sings "whoozits" and "whatsits" off-screen, but it's possible one or the other of them is used for eyeglasses, since that's what's shown when she sings those words.)



        Scuttle also tells Ariel utter nonsense about what the items are used for. For example, when Ariel shows him a fork, he says,




        It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over.
        IMDB




        Similarly, about a smoking pipe:




        Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful!
        Ariel: What is it?
        Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
        Ariel, Flounder: Oh.
        Scuttle: You see the snarfblatt dates back to pre-hysterical times when humans would sit around and stare at each other all day.

        [long pause]
        Scuttle: got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music, allow me!
        IMDB








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