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Thingamajig

The informal noun dates to an earliest citation of 1824, when it appeared as thingumajigs; it fills in for anything you can't name.

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Published 2:46 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by en.wiktionary.org: “thingamajig”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 2:46 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThingamajig. Thing. Uh. Muh. Jig. A noun, meaning something you don't know the name of. The earliest citation is from eighteen twenty-four.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a sentence: the forecast depends on a thingamajig Brock refuses to explain.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, I love it! A thingamajig is basically the adult version of calling something a doohickey.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is not what it means.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen my podcast is a thingamajig, since nobody has ever once named a single listener.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Dale is a thingamajig. I refuse to say what he is.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou have named him many times, Vera. Loudly. Still wrong.

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