whatchamacall'em

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

noun
  1. pluralplural of whatchamacallit
pronoun
  1. pluralplural of whatchamacallhim, whatchamacall'im, whatchamacallher, and whatchamacall'er

Origin

Univerbation and contraction of what you may call them.

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APA

whatchamacall'em. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatchamacall'em

MLA

“whatchamacall'em.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatchamacall'em. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whatchamacall'em,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatchamacall'em.

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