What’s your default term when you can’t remember what something is really called?

Thingamajig or the whatchamacallit.

I just use a word similar to the one I can’t memory.

Thingymajig, wotsit.

Thingy

I call it a “whatever it’s called”.

doo-dah

pisspotical effigy.

Thank you all for your—er—your hoochie-poos ;-)

Mine is thingy-dingy, my husband’s is deal.

I always call it a thingee, but a friend of mine has a much better word doomafletchey.

what @zenvelo said. But this made me remember a funny incident from my first fashion industry job. The patternmaker was Chinese and our designer kept referring to the fake handkerchief in the fake pocket as a “doodad”. So when he labeled the pattern piece he wrote doodad on it. I laughed so hard! He was like, “what? that’s not what you call it?”. I should have said no, it’s really called a whatchamaycallit, lol.

Do hicky

Dave. For example ” I can’t remember what it’s called….let’s call it Dave ” Dave is the capital of Australia ”

@Judi that sounds funny in your head as you read it..say it out load, well it sounds like..arhh “you know”...

Maybe it’s spelt dew hicky :-)

Thingy or the ickyschnarlywotsit (my dad’s favourite!)

A “Whatzit”