This site is dedicated to the phenomenon of gulching.

The term
describes an attempt to recall the name of something, and giving
the general sense of it, but very much missing the mark. It can be
due to laziness, or a genuine attempt to remember the name, but is
only ever in the same ballpark, never on target.
It was coined after my father, the late Ger McGlynn, was trying to
remember the name of a ride in Disneyland. It was called Big
Thunder Mountain Railroad, a cowboy/western-themed rollercoaster.
He called it the Gulch Express, in a somewhat lame effort to
remember its actual name. Ever since, similar linguistic vagaries
have been called gulches.
Here is a list of some of the finer examples we have collected. If you
have any submissions, please send them to info@gulchexpress.com
Movies and TV
Gulch

Original

Attribution

Slim Kid Bingo

Slumdog Millionaire

Undetermined

Armageddoon

Apocalypto

Gerdi Mc Glynn

Get Up the Yard

Run and Jump

Billy Mag Fhloinn

Cruelty Box

The Hurt Locker

Feargal Mac
Amhlaoibh

Tommygun Towers

Die Hard

Would You Look Whos

Minding the Kids

The Hand That Rocks

the Cradle

Terrible Weather

A Perfect Storm

Mrs Bolger
Mrs Bolger
Mrs Bolger
Medical Cop

Diagnosis Murder
Jane Daly

Clowning Around

Stephen Kings It
Unattributed

Vice Animal
Seven Deadly Phone
Calls

Ace Ventura, Pet

Detective

Elanor OBrien

The Ring
Chris McLean
Deep Blue Sea

Clever Shark
Piggy Goes to Town

Ernie McMahon
Babe 2, Pig in the
City

John Daly

Other
Hoojiemaroo

Marijuana

Proctimus Orb

Optimus Prime

Alan the Whalers

Mother
Pamela McGlynn

Pebble Pickers

Shell Seekers
Biddy Keoghan

Scidduci

Scampi

Johnny Sausages

Matt the Rashers

Feargal Mac
Amhlaoibh

Dr Bargain

Mr Price

Billy Mag Fhloinn

Dr Quimblys Good
Time Aquarium

Dr Quirkeys Good
Time Emporium

Tara Nixs Friend

Like Now

Take That

Onesie

Selfie

Brown Sound

Surround Sound

Overheard on a
Dublin Bus by Ciarn
Mac Aoidh
Tom Meaney
Tom Meaney
Mrs. Benson