whatchamahoozie

English

Noun

whatchamahoozie (plural whatchamahoozies)

1. (slang) whatchamacallit
   • 1996 November 26, Peter Laws, “Re: Bailif”, in ok.general‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.GSO.3.95.961126130913.3881B-100000@toto.nssl.uoknor.edu>:

     "Sorry, that's the best whatchamahoozie we've ever seen, but since it's Not Invented Here, we don't dare use it."

   • 1998 May 13, Esjeje1, “Re: techno-hobbies”, in alt.fan.unabomber‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <1998051302113400.WAA14784@ladder03.news.aol.com>:

     What I really meant is that I felt sorry for the people who appreciated their new whatchamahoozie for about 10 minutes after they got it home and ended up putting the daggone thing in a closet.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:whatchamahoozie.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

placeholder name — see thingy