Davey Small wrote:

> Is there an equivelant in Jpanese to the terms "doo-hickey" ,
> "doo-dad" or "whatchama-call-it" etc?

Nani-nani? :-)

BTW, is English the only language with such a colloquial expression for 
technology?

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