what-you-may-call-it

A form of whatchamacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

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Meanings

nounwhat-you-may-call-it (plural what-you-may-call-its)

plural what-you-may-call-its

  1. alternativeAlternative form of whatchamacallit.
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APA

what-you-may-call-it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what-you-may-call-it

MLA

“what-you-may-call-it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what-you-may-call-it. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “what-you-may-call-it,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what-you-may-call-it.

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