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為“what you may call it”或“what you might call it”(“你會怎樣叫它”)的縮短形式。出現於20世紀的美國(1921年的紀錄)。

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whatchamacallit (複數 whatchamacallits)

  1. (俚語) (想不起名字的)東西
    近義詞:doodadgizmothingamajigthingy
    • 1921, Johnny Gruelle, Orphant Annie Story Book, Volume 7,第 69 頁:
      The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.
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    • 1969, J[ames] P[inckney] Miller, stage adaptation by F. Andrew Leslie, The People Next Door, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, →OCLC, Act II,42:
      You’re—you must be the whatchamacallit, huh? The peer.
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    • 1972, Carolyn Lane, Child of Air: A One Act Play, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC13:
      JESSICA: How many times do I have to say it? We were not stealing, Officer. We were just— / MONAHAN: I know. Performing some kind of whatchamacallit deed. Anyhow, they go to the clink, that's what happens to people who filch city property.
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    • 1996, Corbett Mack, as told by Michael Hittman, “Boyhood (1892–1905)”, 出自 Corbett Mack: The Life of a Northern Paiute (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians), Lincoln, Neb., London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN60:
      I'm a boy, so when I'm sick, they can call in poohaghooma, Indian doctor. But not Tom Mitchell! No, sir! [We] won't have Tom Mitchell to doctor me! 'Cause whatchamacallit, he always used to doctor me …
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    • 1998, David Alan Black, “There’s No Place Like Rome: The Parts of Speech and Their Function”, 出自 It’s still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-understand Guide to Intermediate Greek, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, →ISBN19:
      "Think we ought to check this whatchamacallit?" / "No, that doodad over there seems to be the problem."
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    • 2014 October, Don Pendleton, 章號 15, 出自 Domination Bid (Don Pendleton’s Stony Man: America’s Ultra-covert Intelligence Agency; Gold Eagle Book), Don Mills, Ont.: Worldwide Library, →ISBN180:
      As you've said, the safety of the American people is our first priority. We have orders that if these EMP whatchamacallits can't be secured then they must be destroyed.
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