Whatchamacallits

"Whatchamacallit (WUH-chuh-muh-coll-it) noun
An object whose name you just can't remember. You know, a thingy, a thingamajig, a whatsit."

Once upon a time, while visiting my grandma in Florida, I stumbled upon a real humdinger of a book. It's called "L is for Lolly Gag," and I'm agog at the thought of including some of these "quirky words for a clever tongue" right here — since most of them truly are Stuff&Nonsense. Let's call my take on word-a-day "Whatchamacallits" and bring back madcap phraseology, one word at a time!