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oojamaflip

oojamaflip noun: something that one does not know the name of.

Noun

oojamaflip (plural oojamaflips)

  1. (informal, uncommon) Something that one does not know the name of.
    • "Have you got an oojamaflip for tracing system calls that you could use?"2001 January 31, Richard, “Re: Ingres II, unable to run mklicense”, in comp.databases.ingres (Usenet)
    • "J.D. needs a recommendation for some hospital oojamaflip. Cox needs a recommendation for some other residency related oojamaflip. They both decide to vouch for each other."2003, HunkyMandrake, HunkyMandrake's Review of ‘Scrubs: My Lucky Night’, http://www.tv.com/scrubs/my-lucky-night/episode/281544/reviews.html?review_id=19067&flag= TV.com, Episode 50, Season 3, First...
    Synonyms:
    thingy

Synonyms of oojamaflip

Forms of oojamaflip

pluraloojamaflips

Origin of oojamaflip

From oojah + -ma- (probably after thingamabob or whatchamacallit) + flip (perhaps initially with reference to the folding action of a type of collapsible trolley).

Questions about oojamaflip

What does oojamaflip mean?
Oojamaflip means something that one does not know the name of.
What part of speech is oojamaflip?
Oojamaflip is a noun.
What is the plural of oojamaflip?
The plural of oojamaflip is oojamaflips.

Words near oojamaflip in the dictionary

  1. oojah
  2. oojah capivvy
  3. oojah-cum-pivvy
  4. oojah-cum-spiff
  5. oojahs
  6. oojamaflip
  7. oojamaflips
  8. oojar
  9. oojiboo
  10. oojiboos
  11. Oojyne

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