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thingamajig
 
SYLLABICATION:thing·a·ma·jig
PRONUNCIATION:  thng-m-jg
VARIANT FORMS: also thing·um·a·jig
NOUN: Informal Something difficult to classify or whose name has been forgotten or is not known.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration of obsolete thingum (from thing) + jig1.
 
 
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