âWhatchamacallitâ, âgizmoâ and âthingamajigâ: what we say when we canât find the right word â and why
“Apparently, the struggle to find the right word is real and has been for some time, because the Oxford English Dictionary has its own category for these terms, labelled âthing or person whose name is forgotten or unknownâ. It includes 64 entries and some records go back as far as the early middle English period (1100â1300).”
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