# Placeholder names

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placeholder-names/487864
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placeholder-names/487864 "2009-03-01T08:53:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placeholder-names/487864/1 "2009-03-01T08:53:52Z")

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so what ever happened to whatsitsname, you know with the whatchamacallit and the thingamabob ?

I think he did something backintheday, with a compuftimacator ,anyone know?  
need answer fast

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### Author: ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placeholder-names/487864/2 "2009-03-01T10:53:29Z")

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Didn’t he grab the doohickey and that other thingey and take off to hell and gone?