whatchamacallit
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whatchamacallit
- /ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt/ UK
- /ˈwʌt͡ʃəməˌkɔlɪt/ US
- /ˈwʌt͡ʃməˌkɑlɪt/ US
- /ˈwɔtʃəməˌkɔːɫət/ Australia
Where it comes from
Univerbation and contraction of what you may call it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921).
noun whatchamacallits · whatchamacallem · whatchamacall'em · what-you-may-call-it
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A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.
Similar: thingy
Translations
Every language
noun any object the actual name of which the speaker does not know or cannot remember
| Español | chisme, chunche, chingadera, coso, vaina, comosellama |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거시기 geosigi, 뭐시기 mwosigi |
| 日本語 | 何とか nantoka, 何々 naninani |
| 中文 | 那个那个, 那个东西 |
| Português | coisa, negócio, treco, troço, bagulho, parada |
| Français | bidule, truc, trucmuche, machin, machin-chose, schmilblick |
| Deutsch | Dingsbums, Dingsda, Krimskrams |
| Italiano | coso, vattelapesca |
| Ελληνικά | πώς το λένε pós to léne |
| Русский | ка́к его́, ка́к её, ка́к их, шту́ка štúka, бандура bandura |
| עברית | מַה שְּׁמוֹ ma shmo |
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title = {whatchamacallit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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