whatsitsnameとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From what's +‎ its +‎ name.

名詞

whatsitsname (plural whatsitsnames)

1. Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.

   Synonyms: whatsit; see also Category:English placeholder terms; see also Thesaurus:thingy

   Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.

   • 1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3:

     Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.

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