whatsit

Plural: whatsits

Noun

• An informal term for something whose name is unknown or forgotten.
• A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say)

Examples

• Pass me one of those whatsits, will you?
• That obscure three-letter word was a WHATSIT, but valid for 20 points.

Synonyms

MacGuffin, Sorted alphabetically, Sorted by number of Google hits, affair, bazinga, bizzo, dealie, dealy, dinglehopper, dingus, dohickey, dojigger, dongle, doo-hickey, doober, doodad, doodah, doofer, doohickey, doohickus, doohinkey, doohinkus, doojigger, doovalacky, foo, foobar, frammis, frobnitz, gadget, geegaw, gewgaw, gimmick, gingambob, gingumbob, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, hickey, hodad, hootenanny, jawn, jigger, jimbang, jobber, jobby, joint, junk, kajigger, kludge, oojamaflip, rigamajig, see Category:English placeholder terms, shebang, stuff, thing, thingabob, thingamabob, thingamabobber, thingamafuck, thingamajig, thingamajigger, thingamajiggy, thingie, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingmy, thingo, thingum, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummabob, thingummajig, thingummy, thingummyjig, thingy, thingymabob, thingymajig, ting, whachacallit, whachamacallit, whaddayacallit, whatchacallit, whatchamacallit, whatchamahoozie, whatdoyoucallit, whatdyecallem, whatnot, whatsaname, whatsis, whatsit, whatsitsname, whiff-whaff, whosiewhatsit, whosit, widget, wossisname, wossname, wotsit, yoke, yokibus

Related Words

whatnot