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gallimaufry
noun
  1. a confused jumble or medley of things.
The word comes from the French galimafrée, "hash or ragout," from the Old French calimafree, "unappetizing stew or sauce."

Synonyms: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag.
 
for our foreign friends

doovalacky (plural doovalackies) (Australia)
noun
Something that one does not readily recall the name of; a whatchamacallit
 
Dona Ferentes said:
a whatchamacallit
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thingamabob
noun , informal

used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention.

Origin : mid 18th century: arbitrary extension of earlier thingum (from thing + a meaningless suffix).
 
thingamajig
noun. informal

referring to or addressing a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention

Origin : early 19th century: arbitrary extension of earlier thingum (from thing + a meaningless suffix).
 
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