- 1那個…那個什麼來著、那個叫什麼的東西（想不起名字時的替代詞）
This is the word you reach for when the real word has fallen out of your head. You are pointing at an object, everyone can see it, but the name will not come — so you say "pass me the whatchamacallit" and wave your hand at it. It is a placeholder, a word-shaped hole.
This這 is the word you reach for when the real word has fallen out of your head是當那個真正的字從你腦袋裡溜走時，你會用的字 You are pointing at an object你指著一個東西 everyone can see it大家都看得到 but the name will not come但名字就是想不起來 so you say "pass me the whatchamacallit"所以你說"pass me the whatchamacallit"(把那個什麼的拿給我) and wave your hand at it然後對著它揮揮手 It is a placeholder, a word-shaped hole它是個佔位詞，一個字形的空洞
It is used for things, not usually for people, and it is completely informal — the sound of ordinary talk at home or with friends, not something you write in an essay. It is long and funny to say, which is part of why people like it; saying it is a small joke at your own expense.
It is used for things, not usually for people它用在東西上，通常不用在人身上 and it is completely informal而且完全是非正式的 the sound of ordinary talk at home or with friends是在家裡或跟朋友聊天時那種日常說話的聲音 not something you write in an essay不是你會寫進作文裡的東西 It is long and funny to say它講起來又長又好笑 which is part of why people like it這也是人們喜歡它的一部分原因 saying it is a small joke at your own expense講出這個字，就是拿自己開一個小玩笑
There is a whole family of these in English and they are : thingy, thingamajig, thingamabob, doohickey, , whatchamacallit. Some are more American, some more British, but any of them will be understood. It works best when the listener can see or guess what you mean — if they cannot, they will just say "the what?"
There is a whole family of these in English and they are interchangeable英文裡有一整個家族這樣的字，而且可以互換 thingy, thingamajig, thingamabob, doohickey, whatsit, whatchamacallitthingy、thingamajig、thingamabob、doohickey、whatsit、whatchamacallit Some are more American, some more British有些比較美式，有些比較英式 but any of them will be understood但每一個都聽得懂 It works best when the listener can see or guess what you mean它在聽的人能看到或猜到你意思的時候最好用 if they cannot, they will just say "the what?"如果他們猜不到，他們就會直接說"the what?"(什麼東西？)
core核心畫面
組成It is the whole sentence "what you may call it" squashed into one word — what-you-may-call-it → whatchamacallit. First recorded in America in 1921. Once you hear the original sentence inside it, the spelling stops looking random.
同家族的字
- whatsitthe same trick, shorter: "what is it" squashed into one word
- thingamajignot the same pieces, but the same job — a stand-in name for a thing you cannot name
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
whatchamacallitnoun/ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt/
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A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
- The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.
- You’re—you must be the whatchamacallit, huh? The peer.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。