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What (who) is gewgaw$31515$ - definition
WORDS THAT CAN REFER TO OBJECTS OR PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES ARE TEMPORARILY FORGOTTEN, IRRELEVANT, OR UNKNOWN
Thingamajig; Kadigan; Doodad; Dooberry; Cadigan; You-Know-Who; Doohickey; Thingamabob; Hoochamajigger; Thingus; Whoseywhat; Tiddlypom; Fnu Lnu; Nicknack; Placeholder noun; Thingy-ma-bob; Kadigans; Anytown, U.S.A.; Thingumabob; You know who; Framistat; Last Name Unknown; Geegaw; Geegaws; You Know Who; Gewgaw; Thingymabob; Dullsville; Thingumbob; Thingumajig; Wossname; Whatsitsname; Thingummy; Doobrie; Doobrey; Doojigger; Whatshisname; Thingumy; Fnu; Unknown (placeholder); NESOI; Draft:Jane Appleseed; Jane Appleseed; Advent corporation (placeholder); The advent corporation (placeholder); XYZ Widget Company; XYZ widget company; Doohicky
Jew's-harp
![''Demir-khomus'' from [[Tuva]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Demir-Xomus.jpg?width=200 "''Demir-khomus'' from [[Tuva]]")
![''Young Man with joodse harp'' by [[Dirck van Baburen]], 1621](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Young Man with Jew's Harp by Dirck van Baburen Centraal Museum 11188.jpg?width=200 "''Young Man with joodse harp'' by [[Dirck van Baburen]], 1621")
LAMELLOPHONE INSTRUMENT
Khomuz; Kubyz; Vargan; Jews' harp; Jews harp; Jews Harp; Jew's Harp; Jews' Harp; Jew's-harp; Drymba; Marranzanu; Jewish harp; Crembalum; Jews hrp; Jew harp; Jawharp; Jaw's harp; Jew's trump; Juice harp; Jaws harp; Ozark harp; Marranzano pancake; Jaw's-harp; Murchunga; Guimbardo; Guimbarde; Jewsharp; Jew’s harp; Jaw Harp; Xomus; Jaw harp
·noun The shackle for joining a chain cable to an Anchor.
II. Jew's-harp ·noun An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath;
- called also Jew's-trump.
doohickey
wet stuff that forms on your hickey early in the morning.
Say, what's that doohickey?
Say, what's that doohickey?
thingummy
(thingummies)
You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
I once bought a thingummy out of one of those catalogues...
I must say, I mean, it sounded like er thingummyjig all over again without the politics.
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Placeholder name
Placeholder names are words that can refer to things or people whose names do not exist, are temporarily forgotten, are not relevant to the salient point at hand, are to avoid stigmatization, are unknowable/unpredictable in the context in which they are being discussed, or are otherwise de-emphasized whenever the speaker or writer is unable to, or chooses not to, specify precisely.
Placeholder names for people are often terms referring to an average person or a predicted persona of a typical user.
