whatsisname

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from running together the words in the phrase what is his name.

Noun[edit]

whatsisname (plural whatsisnames)

  1. (colloquial) A placeholder for the name of a man whose name the speaker cannot remember.

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