Any thing or object that has a name that cannot be remembered at the moment. Also known as "hootus"
To my
knowledge, first used by CE1 SCW Larry
Benton of the U.S.
Navy SEABEE's.
Person 1 working on the car: "Can you hand me that...hootie"?
Person 2 watching the
work: "Do you mean the torque
wrench"?
Person 1: "Yeah the torque
wrench, that's what i meant".