This site is dedicated to the fine art of gulching.

The term describes

an attempt to recall the name of something, and giving the general
sense of it, but still 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. Its real name was the
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a western-themed rollercoaster. He
called it the Gulch Express, in a somewhat lame effort to remember
its actual name. Ever since, similar linguistic vaguaries 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
Mrs Bolger

Would You Look

Whos Minding the
Kids

The Hand That Rocks

the Cradle

Mrs Bolger

A Perfect Storm
Terrible Weather

Mrs Bolger
Diagnosis Murder

Medical Cop

Jane Daly
Stephen Kings It

Clowning Around
Vice Animal

Unattributed
Ace Ventura Pet
Detective
The Ring

Seven Deadly Phone

Calls

Elanor OBrien

Books

Characters

Miscellaneous
Gulch Original
Attribution
Gulch Express
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Ger McGlynn
Johnny Sausages Matt the Rashers Billy Mag Fhloinn
Pebble Pickers
Shell Seekers
Biddy Keogan
Sciducci
Scampi
Feargal Mac Amhlaoibh
Hoojiemaroo
Marijuana Alan the Whaler's Mother
Proctamus Orb
Optimus Prime
Pamela McGlynn
Dr Bargain Mr Price
Tara Nix's Friend