The whatchamacallit
Subtitle: those everyday objects you just can't name : (and things you think you know about but don't)
By: Danny Danziger & Mark McCrum.
Contributors: McCrum, Mark, 1958-
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781401323387
Subjects: English language -- Etymology; Onomastics
Work titles: Thingummy
Description: Teaches the lesser-known names of everyday objects, including the aglet at the end of a shoelace, the pink carnuncula in the corner of one's eye, and the cardboard zarf that slips around coffee cups.
Notes: Originally published as: Thingummy. London : Doubleday, 2008.