whatchamacallit

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Buzzwang crawls in, declaring that it doesn't look too bad, just needs a tune-up (TITLE!) and decides to plug a "doo-dad" into a "whatchamacallit."

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  1. noun Something whose name has been forgotten or is not known.

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  • I also spend a lot of time in Oxford That's right, she said you were a, whatchamacallit, bluestocking She probably said I spent my life with my nose in a book Something like that. —  King, Laurie R - Russell-Holmes 08 - Locked Rooms
  • I feel directly responsible for her whatchamacallit What Don't get arsey with me, Elsie. —  Magazine - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - 2007-03 - March April
  • "If ginko whatchamacallit is for your head, then what's ginseng good for?" —  Ledbetter, Suzann - North of Clever
  • Then we aw get shot tryin' to fight off whoever tries to, whatchamacallit, apprehend us. —  Also by Christopher Brookmyre
  • The cover was a green-and-black abstract whatchamacallit, and it had a magenta paper label with black lettering. —  The Real Frank Zappa Book
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  1. Alteration of what you may call it.
 

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