rfv
English
Noun
en-noun
#Something that one does not know the name of.
#*2001 January 31, Richard, "Re: Ingres II, unable to run mklicense" 1, in <tt>comp.databases.ingres</tt>:
#:"Have you got an oojamaflip for tracing system calls that you could use?"
#*2003, Michael Moore, The Kicking Fraud to Death: And Complaints While Your at It Handbook, ISBN 0975049917, page 18 2:
#:"And if he gets a follow up call or email asking if everything is okay and did he get his 'ujamaflip' on time and in good condition? You will have an ecstatic customer who will stay with you forever."
#*2004, Emma, "Re: Moshe + Christianity" 3, in <tt>alt.messianic</tt>:
#:"It's my computer. I can't seem to put the oojamaflips in!" [referring to diacritical marks]
Synonyms
gizmo
whatchamacallit
whatshumacallit
thing
thingamabob
thingamajig
thingy
thingummy
whatsit
doodad
See also
w:Placeholder name|Wikipedia article on placeholder names
Category: Metasyntactic words
ru:oojamaflip
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