# 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")\
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**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/61 "2006-09-15T02:28:00Z")

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[QUOTE=bubastis]  
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?  
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A widget or a hootchie-coo

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**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/62 "2006-09-15T05:23:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Faruiza]  
Heh! It is sort of common, at least around here. I’m not sure of the spelling of the long version of that word, but it has always sounded like “chinga-dera” to me. That and the shortened version, “chingas” are both spanglish slang.  
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My :eek: was due to what “chinga” means in Spanish. It’s used in what may be my favorite proverb in any language: “Con paciencia y saliva, el elefante chingó la hormiga” which means “With patience and spit, the elephant fucked the ant.”

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**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/63 "2006-09-15T16:31:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer]  
My :eek: was due to what “chinga” means in Spanish. It’s used in what may be my favorite proverb in any language: “Con paciencia y saliva, el elefante chingó la hormiga” which means “With patience and spit, the elephant fucked the ant.”  
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BWAAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!  
That. Is the best and most hilarious axiom _ever_.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-what-cha-ma-callems/372465/64 "2006-09-15T16:36:50Z")

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Thingummy  
Thing  
Dealie  
Beasty  
Thingamabob  
Whatchamacallit  
_vague hand gesture that may resemble using the object, along with vocalising ‘dobdobdob’_  
The ‘ **you** know’

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