whachamacallit

whachamacallit
/hwuch"euh meuh kawl'it, hwoch"-, wuch"-, woch"-/, n. 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.
[1940-45; sp. of what you may call it reflecting affrication of t before y and reduction of vowels; cf. similar metric pattern and internal ama in RIGAMAROLE, THINGAMAGIG]

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