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Whatchamacallit

//ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy. slang

    "The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit."

  2. 2
    something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known wordnet

Etymology

Clipping of what-you-may-call-it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921).

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