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As I recall, they were called "wiggies". I own one from years ago... 
right now I'm on the road so I can't check the veracity of my memory, 
but when I get back home...

I even remember that "wiggie" was printed on the meter. 

> I love the new Dashboard in OS X Tiger. I think somebody should 
write a noise maker as a 
> dashboard widget. How about a "Woggle Bug widget". ha, ha
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> Incidentally, my father told me the word "widget" comes from the 
Wigginton Voltage Tester 
> made by the Square D company. Wigginton was too long to say, and the 
electricians started 
> calling them "wiggets" which morphed into "widget".
> 
> Anyone else heard a similar urban legend?
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