whatchamacallitn.
/ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt//ˈhwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt/ Chiefly U.S.
= what-d'ye-call-'em n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown
swilk and swilkc1175
thinga1325
what-call-ye-him1473
who knows what?1548
I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568
God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569
washical1575
what-d'ye-call-'em1593
so-and-so1596
whiblin1604
so-fortha1616
jiggumboba1625
know-not-whata1642
thingum1652
thingum-thangum1684
what's-his-name1697
something or other1706
thingummy1737
thingamabob1751
something1764
what's-her-name1816
conundrum1817
thingamerry1819
thingamajig1824
somebody1825
what's-its-name1839
whangdoodle1852
thingummytite1865
dingus1866
what-not1876
whatsita1882
gilguy1883
gadget1886
dingbat1894
doohickey1914
oojah1917
oojah capivvy1917
oojiboo1918
doodad1920
tiddlypush1923
whosis1923
thingy1927
doodah1928
doofer1937
hootenanny1940
whatchamacallit1942
gizmo1943
frammis1948
whosit1948
whifflow1961
oobyjiver1963
whatsisface1967
oojamaflip1970
what's-her-face1980
1928 M. Ostenso Mad Carews xii. 160 It's your—whatcha-may-call-it—your dowry!]
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §75/4 Contrivance..gadget, whatchamacallit.
1974 R. B. Parker God save Child (1975) ii. 13 A pet whatchamacallit... Guinea pig.
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 24 Jan. 6/2 Wouldn't everyone feel silly if it turned out..that the whang~doodle was just a whatchamacallit with speed stripes?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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