whatchamacallit

whatchamacallit
subst. \/ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt\/
(amer., slang, betegnelse for person eller ting man har glemt eller vil unngå å nevne navnet til) han du vet, hun du vet, den du vet, han derre, hun derre, den derre
what really happened between you and whatchamacallit last night?
hva var det som egentlig hendte mellom deg og hun du vet, i går kveld?

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  • Whatchamacallit — Whatchamacallit, a shortened version of what you may call it, may refer to: Whatchamacallit, a placeholder name used for something whose name is unknown Whatchamacallit (candy), a candy bar made by The Hershey Company Whatchamacallit , a song… …   Wikipedia

  • whatchamacallit — whatchamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whachamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whatchamacallit — 1928, compressed form of phrase what you may call it. Earliest recorded variant is what calle ye hym, attested from late 15c …   Etymology dictionary

  • whatchamacallit — [hwuch′ə mə kôl΄it, wuch′ə mə kôl΄it] n. [< what you may call it] Informal THINGAMAJIG …   English World dictionary

  • whatchamacallit — UK [ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt] / US [ˈwɑtʃəməˌkɔlɪt] / US [ˈhwɑtʃəməˌkɔlɪt] noun [countable] Word forms whatchamacallit : singular whatchamacallit plural whatchamacallits spoken a word that you use for referring to something when you cannot remember what… …   English dictionary

  • whatchamacallit — [“Avatfama”kalit] n. <a name for a person or thing whose real name has been forgotten or is being avoided.> □ Did you invite whatchamacallit to the party? □ I lost my you know my whatchamacallit my watch! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • whatchamacallit — whachamacallit whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whatchamacallit — what|cha|ma|call|it [ˈwɔtʃəməˌko:lıt US ˈwa:tʃəməˌko:l , ˈwʌtʃ ] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: what you may call it] spoken a word you use when you cannot remember the name of something ▪ I ve broken the whatchamacallit on my bag …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • whatchamacallit — Used when you can t remember the name for something. You know, the whatchamacallit, the thing that I put my hair up with? Oh, yeah! It s called a beret? …   Dictionary of american slang

  • whatchamacallit — Used when you can t remember the name for something. You know, the whatchamacallit, the thing that I put my hair up with? Oh, yeah! It s called a beret? …   Dictionary of american slang

  • whatchamacallit — noun (C) spoken a word you use when you cannot remember the name of something: I ve broken the whatchamacallit on my bag …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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