thingamajig
- n something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- Not only is it undeniably affordable, but as a lightweight plastic thingamajig with no moving parts, it can go where a hard-disk iPod risks more long-term damage.
- CON: Tech-heads already overloaded with gadgets might balk at yet another shiny new thingamajig, especially at $359.
- Anyone who has ever tried to explain that he wants a thingamajig that goes on the end of a doohickey understands the problem of trying to get a whatchamacallit in a foreign .