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whatdyecallem

whatdyecallem is the alternative form of whatchamacallit.

Meaning of whatchamacallit

Noun

whatchamacallit (plural whatchamacallits or whatchamacallem or whatchamacall'em)

  1. (colloquial) 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.1921, Johnny Gruelle, Orphant Annie Story Book, Volume 7, page 69
    Synonyms:
    thingy

Synonyms of whatdyecallem

Forms of whatdyecallem

pluralwhatdyecallems

Origin of whatdyecallem

From what do ye call them.

Questions about whatdyecallem

What is whatdyecallem the alternative form of?
Whatdyecallem is the alternative form of whatchamacallit.

Words near whatdyecallem in the dictionary

  1. Whatcom
  2. Whatcom County
  3. whatdja
  4. whatdoyoucallit
  5. whatdoyoucallits
  6. whatdyecallem
  7. whatdyecallems
  8. whate'er
  9. whateffer
  10. Whateley
  11. Whately

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whatdyecallem (page history and authors); whatchamacallit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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