British slang for miscellaneous gadgets, mechanical parts, or unidentified equipment; also used to mean nonsense or irrelevant details.
Originally British naval slang, possibly from 'gob' (mouth/sailor) or folk etymology from surnames like Gibbons. The term became standard British English for unidentified mechanical objects.
The British BBC show 'QI' popularized 'gubbins,' and it's now used worldwide to mean 'that thingamajig'—British slang exported globally through television!
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