OOJAMAFLIP

[Heartshome]

It's used when some one can't remember the name of something, or didn't know what it was called.

I remember my Mum often saying, it when trying to describe an item she had temporarily forgotten the name of.

I guess it was used in the same way as 'thing a mi bob' and 'what the 'm' call it'.   

Anyone else still use it?         Regards Heartshome

[Lysanderix]

My Mum used the expression as well as “ watchermercallit”.

[Heartshome]

They all mean the same, but it's quite comical really, when they're used in a conversation and the 

other person being spoken to probably hasn't a clue what is being referred to!  Regards H

[SteveHB]

This is the first time I have ever seen the word "Oojamaflip",
in fact when I first saw the post notification on my phone, I thought we had a spammer on the site. 🙂

[Edmund]

Introduced in 1969:

By 1980 they could be made out of Lego:

[Heartshome]

1 hour ago, SteveHB said:

This is the first time I have ever seen the word "Oojamaflip",
in fact when I first saw the post notification on my phone, I thought we had a spammer on the site. 🙂

Hi Steve, well! you can't say we don't expand your knowledge. Ha! ha! Heartshome   ☺️ x

[Heartshome]

1 minute ago, Edmund said:

Introduced in 1969:

By 1980 they could made out of Lego:

Hi Edmund. What a BRILLIANT find!!! Regards Heartshome

[SteveHB]

https://thesaurus.plus/synonyms/oojamaflip