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whachamacallit

or what·cha·ma·call·it

[ hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch- ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of whachamacallit1

First recorded in 1940–45; spelling of what you may call it or what do you call it, the first reflecting affrication of t before y and reduction of vowels; compare similar metric pattern and internal əmə in rigamarole, thingamajig ( def )

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