Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
what-you-call-it I've heard the following terms used at Sop's Arm by my parents and playmates; and a Jackson's Arm by my wife and her parents and friends. I've heard them used as far back as I can remember (around 1945). The terms are used by someone when he can't remember,...
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| Summary: | what-you-call-it I've heard the following terms used at Sop's Arm by my parents and playmates; and a Jackson's Arm by my wife and her parents and friends. I've heard them used as far back as I can remember (around 1945). The terms are used by someone when he can't remember, off hand, the correct name of a certain object. He may call it a ting-a-bob, wossnim, chummy, chummy thing, do-jigger, wad-he-call, watchy-call, or ting-a-ma-jig. Not used |
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