# What do YOU call What-cha-ma-call'ems? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [September 12, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465 "2006-09-12T21:45:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/1 "2006-09-12T21:45:50Z")
Do you have a better name for thing-umee-bobs? Round here, you can’t move for Yokie-buzzers, and I keep tripping over Latch-icko’s. How about you? ---
### Author: ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/2 "2006-09-12T21:47:27Z")
“Where’s that little… _guacamole_ I had here?” ---
### Author: ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/3 "2006-09-12T22:00:28Z")
They’re either thing-doodles or doo-hickeys, depending. ---
### Author: ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/4 "2006-09-12T22:05:12Z")
A thingy ---
### Author: ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/5 "2006-09-12T22:06:54Z")
Yep, they’re thingies. ---
### Author: ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kairos) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/6 "2006-09-12T22:12:42Z")
You know…the thing…with the stuff. ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/7 "2006-09-12T22:33:13Z")
Dealies, usually. ---
### Author: ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/8 "2006-09-12T22:39:04Z")
Doo-dads ---
### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/9 "2006-09-12T22:40:05Z")
I call it…you know…that thinger… ---
### Author: ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/10 "2006-09-12T22:41:18Z")
Thing or Thingy, depending. ---
### Author: ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/11 "2006-09-12T22:51:58Z")
doo-muh-flah-gee-what-juh-muh-jigs ---
### Author: ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/12 "2006-09-12T22:52:20Z")
we call them “Patentes a gosses” ---
### Author: ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/13 "2006-09-12T23:08:20Z")
It’s… um, ah, that whoositz over there. Yeah, that, uh, thingamabobber dealie. ---
### Author: ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/14 "2006-09-12T23:15:54Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > doo-muh-flah-gee-what-juh-muh-jigs Honeydewgrrl breaks into an early lead. ---
### Author: ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/15 "2006-09-12T23:17:24Z")
who-zee-doo-zees? ---
### Author: ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords) #### Post date: [September 12, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/16 "2006-09-12T23:38:52Z")
goomers left-hand framitz ---
### Author: ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter) #### Post date: [September 13, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/17 "2006-09-13T00:23:54Z")
_hoopajoos chingaladeras_ (or just _chinga_ for short) or the _whatsit_, you know, with all that _jazz_ on it ---
### Author: ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon) #### Post date: [September 13, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/18 "2006-09-13T00:27:58Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > \*hoopajoos > \* Ahh, you just reminded me of my husband’s whatcha-word: _Hoopajoopas_. When really confounded, it becomes _hoopajoopadeedoo_. ---
### Author: ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara) #### Post date: [September 13, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/19 "2006-09-13T00:30:49Z")
The. . . the thingie. Da kine. The fecking feck feck. The widget. ---
### Author: ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn) #### Post date: [September 13, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/20 "2006-09-13T01:09:37Z")
The thingy. The doo-hinky. The hootenanny. Or, if you’re my grandmother, the sonofabitch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465.md?page=2)