# Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey is a cluster of silly English slang words that online posters started attaching to strange gadgets, hand-made guns and bouncing factory machines in viral clips starting in 2019. By early 2023, TikTok videos of "the thingamabob convention" and iFunny jokes about overseeing bizarre contraptions turned the words into a running caption format on Twitter, Instagram and Reddit. ## Origin All five words appear in Merriam-Webster as English slang for an unnamed object. Their memeification started with a September 8, 2019 tweet by @Wes10 joking about divorcing his imagined wife the moment she said "doohickey," which collected roughly 6,200 likes over four years[1]. Use of the slang to label actual machines showed up on June 20, 2021, when @sukimelt999 replied to a thread with "That's a bing bop, a doodad, and a shlippy wop," getting about 7,100 likes within two years[2]. Later that fall, on October 17, 2021, @ClutchLikeRomo captioned a photo near Beyoncé with "I thought dude behind her had the DOOHICKEY out," collecting around 18,100 likes[3]. - **Platform:** Twitter (origin) / TikTok, iFunny (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview Posts in this format put footage of an unfamiliar device, often from Chinese short-video uploads like The Design Is Very Human, next to a caption that treats one of the slang words as if it were the item's technical name[6]. A man flying a backyard aircraft becomes "the thingamabob," a bouncing industrial machine is a job someone "oversees," and a janky hand-made firearm is a "doohickey"[7][3]. The humor comes from the gap between the serious footage and the deliberately vague vocabulary. Variations include invented strings of near-nonsense words alongside the five dictionary ones, as in a June 2021 reply from @sukimelt999 that read "That's a bing bop, a doodad, and a shlippy wop"[2]. By 2023 the words were commonly applied as reaction captions on short videos of odd machinery, especially on TikTok[10]. ## How to Use Pick a video of an unfamiliar machine, especially a Chinese factory contraption or a homemade vehicle, and caption it using "thingamabob," "doohickey," "doodad," "thingamajig," or "whatchamacallit" as if that were its real name[10]. Common convention also includes faux-professional framings like "me at work (I oversee the thingamabob)," where the user plays a serious operator of something clearly ridiculous[7]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey? It's a group of English slang words that online users apply as fake technical labels to strange machines, hand-made guns and viral Chinese factory videos, especially on Twitter and TikTok from 2019 onward[6]. ### Where did Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey come from? The earliest viral use came from a September 8, 2019 tweet by @Wes10 joking about a wife saying "doohickey"[1], and the device-captioning version followed in a June 2021 reply from @sukimelt999[2]. ### What does Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey mean? Each word is an actual Merriam-Webster entry for an object whose name you can't recall; in meme form, users apply them to unfamiliar machines in viral videos as if that were the real name[6]. ### How do you use Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey? Pick a clip of an odd device, often a Chinese short-form video of a bouncing machine or homemade vehicle, and caption it with one of the slang words as its supposed proper name[10]. ### Is Doodad, Thingamajig, Thingamabob, Whatchamacallit, Doohickey still popular? The format peaked on TikTok and iFunny in late 2022 and early 2023 with posts like "the thingamabob convention," though active use has quieted since[10]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/Wes10/status/1170884054570471425]() 2. [https://twitter.com/sukimelt999/status/1406640297036156934]() 3. [https://twitter.com/ClutchLikeRomo/status/1449739996894740487]() 4. [https://twitter.com/eastblessed/status/1478178866929692675]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYWrWSqqKYe/]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doodad-thingamajig-thingamabob-whatchamacallit-doohickey]() 7. [https://ifunny.co/video/me-at-work-i-oversee-the-thingamabob-lbJPRX7F9]() 8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220904042126/https://twitter.com/PsychoCutNess/status/1566117138980544513]() 9. [https://www.reddit.com/r/dogelore/comments/zhc2f6/le_fourth_grade_science_project_looking_ass_weapon/]() 10. [https://www.tiktok.com/@2005.vauxhall_monaro_vxr/video/7193828722963762437]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/doodad-thingamajig-thingamabob-whatchamacallit-doohickey Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library