A fork of Rural Dictionary
Something you can't remember the name of.
You know that thing , that whatchamacallit .
An object that you dont know the name of.
Yes he did wear a whatchamacallit.
A fast and easy way to say "what do you call it?" Can be used to describe a person,place or thing.
"Hey, you know were i can get a soda?" "Yea, whatchamacallit is selling them at her locker."
when you forget something and you don't know what to call it!
"Isn't he, uh, you know, whatchamacallit?" "Gay?"
A word used when the actual name of the object in question will not come to mind. Very versatile but often very vague. It is derived from the phrase "what-you-may-call-it" which can be found in T. H. White's The Once and Future King.
Claire- "Hey, Adam, hand me the- the- you know, the whatchamacallit." Adam- "The what?"
NOUN - A term, used to replace a noun when it won't come to mind.
I went to the restaurant and ordered the plate with shrimp and the other side...whatchamacallit.
Noun used to describe those little things that you never know precisely how to express.
1. Do you call common objects whatchamacallits? ...