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The phrase "thing called" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to something without explicitly stating that thing's name. Example: "I heard about this thing called mindfulness. Have you heard of it?".
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"We got this thing called street justice.
What is this thing called roots music?
There's this thing called Americans Elect.
ESPN has this thing called Glowpoint.
— I've a thing called diverticular disease.
There was that pesky thing called process.
What is this thing called love?
They had a thing called Mozart Month.
And what is this thing called literature?
· What's this thing called again?
"There's a thing called timing," Izzard said.
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