† what-call-ye-himn.
Obsolete.
= what-d'ye-call-'em n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown
swilk and swilkc1175
thinga1325
what-call-ye-him1473
who knows what?1548
I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568
God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569
washical1575
what-d'ye-call-'em1593
so-and-so1596
whiblin1604
so-fortha1616
jiggumboba1625
know-not-whata1642
thingum1652
thingum-thangum1684
what's-his-name1697
something or other1706
thingummy1737
thingamabob1751
something1764
what's-her-name1816
conundrum1817
thingamerry1819
thingamajig1824
somebody1825
what's-its-name1839
whangdoodle1852
thingummytite1865
dingus1866
what-not1876
whatsita1882
gilguy1883
gadget1886
dingbat1894
doohickey1914
oojah1917
oojah capivvy1917
oojiboo1918
doodad1920
tiddlypush1923
whosis1923
thingy1927
doodah1928
doofer1937
hootenanny1940
whatchamacallit1942
gizmo1943
frammis1948
whosit1948
whifflow1961
oobyjiver1963
whatsisface1967
oojamaflip1970
what's-her-face1980
1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 474 Bere the cuppe euyn, as whatcalle-ye-hym seyde to Aslake.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L3 His Page shal say..he is so busie with my L. How-call-ye him, and my L. What-call-ye him.
1598 Seruingman's Comf. (1868) 166 M. what-call-you-hims man.
1609 T. Ravenscroft Deuteromelia 21 This other day I start a hare On what-call Hill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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