whatsitsname

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

what's +‎ its +‎ name

Noun

whatsitsname (plural whatsitsnames)

Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
- 1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3:
  Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

any object whose name one does not know

Greek:
Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós)

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