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Categories with terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
This is an umbrella category. It contains no dictionary entries, but only other, language-specific categories, which in turn contain relevant terms in a given language.
English
Here are some such words from English.
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Other languages
- French: machin (Europe), truc, trucmuche (Europe), bidule, engin (mechanical), cossin (Quebec), affaire (Quebec), schmilblick (Europe)
- German: Dingsbums
- Norwegian: dings, greie
- Portuguese: coisa, troço, negócio, bagulho, trem, esquema, treco, lance
- Russian: вещь, штуковина, штука, фиговина, хреновина
- Swedish: manick, mojäng, grej, grunka, tingest, tjofräs, pryl, pryttel, grejsimoj
- Turkish: dalga
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