whatya-ma-call-it

when you are thinking of an object, but the name eludes you(usually accompanied by finger snapping, and the word 'um' repeatedly.
see also; doo-hickey, thing-a-ma-bob, thing-a-ma-jig.

do you remember the other day when we saw the(pause)... um(snapping fingers)... the... um, you know, the whatya-ma-call-it?

by Paul J Parkinson March 24, 2005