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Common placeholders in the English language include:
dealie or dealy
dingus
doodad
doo-hickey
doofer
frammis
frobnitz
gadget
geemie
gewgaw or geegaw
gizmo
hodad
hingmy (Scottish, derived from thingummy)
jobby or jobber
junk
McGuffin
stuff
thing
thingamabob
thingamajig
thingy
widget
whatchamacallit (US form of whatsitsname) (originated by the phrase “What you may call it”)
whatnot
whatsit (sometimes spelled wotsit)
whatsitsname (British form of whatchamacallit)
yoke (Commonly used in Ireland)
They forgot whatsherface and whatshishead
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