whachamacallit

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

wha·cha·ma·call·it

[hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-]
noun Informal.
an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
Also, whatchamacallit, what-you-may-call-it, what-do-you-call-it.


Origin:
1940–45; spelling of what you may call it reflecting affrication of t before y and reduction of vowels; compare similar metric pattern and internal əmə in rigamarole, thingamagig
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Whachamacallit has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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