whaddayacallit

English

Etymology

From what do you call it. Compare whatdoyoucallit.

Noun

whaddayacallit (plural whaddayacallits)

A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:thingy

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