whatchamacallit



whatchamacallit

(ˈʍətʃəməˈkɑlɪt)
n. a name for a person or thing whose real name has been forgotten or is being avoided. I lost my—you know—my whatchamacallit—my watch!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Uma-Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
LyraLIE-rə (English), LEE-rə (English)Astronomy
ĐUraĐA-Serbian, Croatian (Archaic)
Synne-Norwegian
Hildegarde['hildəga:d]
Ableson['eiblsn]