as in thingamajig
a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember
a drawer for all the thingamabobs that have fallen or broken off various items around the house
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Want to make a new crypto, or a new crypto thingamabob?
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Clem Chambers, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Fans were just as curious about the casting for Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid as Ariel is about whozits, whatzits, and thingamabobs.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
Maybe that Zack Snyder sci-fi thingamabob.
—WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023
Say hello to the cutest new thingamabobs: Little Mermaid ears.
—Elizabeth Denton, Allure, 2 July 2019
What about all the thingamabobs, whozits, and whatzits galore?
—Willa Bennett, Seventeen, 4 Aug. 2017
Clem Chambers, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Fans were just as curious about the casting for Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid as Ariel is about whozits, whatzits, and thingamabobs.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
Maybe that Zack Snyder sci-fi thingamabob.
—WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023
Say hello to the cutest new thingamabobs: Little Mermaid ears.
—Elizabeth Denton, Allure, 2 July 2019
What about all the thingamabobs, whozits, and whatzits galore?
—Willa Bennett, Seventeen, 4 Aug. 2017
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“Thingamabob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thingamabob. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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