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   Thing·a·ma·jig

   /ˈTHiNGəməˌjiɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention: informal "one of those thingamajigs for keeping all the tools together"

   Word Origin early 19th century: arbitrary extension of earlier thingum (from thing + a meaningless suffix). Compare with thingamabob.

   Scrabble Points: 25

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • J

     8

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

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