Spit-it-out Sentence Examples

Thingy, doohickey, thingamabob, whatchamacallit — there are many excellent words to call that thing you can’t quite describe. It’s usually accompanied by finger snapping and “You know … that thing!” But as satisfying as whoozit or doodad is to say, that random item you’re pointing at does have an actual name — and it’s probably a doozy.

Every year, the dictionary adds new words in English. These words can come from politics, psychology, pop culture, or current slang. Check out 60 modern words that were new to the Oxford English Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2019 and 2020. We’ve also included example sentences to illustrate how they are used.