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whatcha-call 

Adjective used when introducing someone to a term they are not familiar with. Used to give an explanation a more friendly tone--omitting it can be perceived as implying that the listener is slow or dense for not knowing the term already. Strictly southeastern US.
1. Hey did you see that? They gave that boy a clear lane to the basket!

Yeah, that's a whatcha-call backdoor play.

Oh yeah, I've heard of that.

2. Hey did you see that? They gave that boy a clear lane to the basket!

That's a backdoor play...

Oh yeah, smartass? I guess you think your shit don't stink, huh?
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whatcha-call-it 

Something a lad says when he can't think of what he is trying to 'whatcha-call-it' say.
"eeeeeeee how, Jonesy, Boundey theres whatcha-call-it!!"
whatcha-call-it by Bound January 31, 2003

whatchacallit 

a term used when the actual word escapes your memory temporarily
I need some uh...whatchacallit, damn I forgot.
whatchacallit by sykcor325i July 28, 2004

whatchacall 

same as term "whatchacallit" (what-you-call-it). Used largly in DC area. Used to describe some one or something who's name cannot be recalled.
"Can you give me directions?"
"Sure. You go up 18th Street, past 'whatchacall', then make a right. It's right there next to 'whatchacall.'"
whatchacall by oldschoolio May 9, 2007

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026