In my search for new and unusual words, I came across Thingamabob and Thingamajig. I always thought they meant the same thing. Wrong. A Thingamabob refers to a person that you can’t remember or don’t know their name. A Thingamajig (also dohickey) refers to an object that you don’t know or can’t remember. It makes perfect sense when you see it in writing but it never crossed my mind that they were different.

Don’t worry though, my friends, if you can’t remember which one to use, Whatchamacallit covers it all!