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Etymology
Whatshumacallit originated from the words "what do you call it" or possibly "what you may call it".

Noun
whatshumacallit

1. an item one does not know the name of

Synonyms
gizmo
whatduyucallit
thingamajig
thing
thingy

Category: Metasyntactic words

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