whosis
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhoʊzɪs/
- Informal
:
cosa
- No, so-and-so and whosis might believe in God or astrology or flying spaghetti monsters, concepts for which there is no empirical evidence.
Examples
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When Louise reached her, Nana Marge said, "She's home in bed with whosis, isn't she?"
Fiction book (1997) -
Whosis.
Fiction book (1992) -
"That's Lord Whosis," he muttered.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Mr. Whosis, I must protest and point out that I tried to tend to your injuries, but you insisted you didn't have any."
Fiction book (1997) -
Conservatives, and even many supposed liberal media writers, like to say that so-and-so believes in evolution, or that whosis believes in global warming.
Blog text (10) -
Your father had to fly down to St. Petersburg to play golf with Mr. Whosis from the Atlantic Citrus Council about something your father forgot to do, so please P213 yourself home in time to buy the tree and set it up.
Fiction book (1996) -
I couldn't remember the name of the actor, so I just referred to him as whosis.
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When I asked for the manager, they pointed to whosis in the corner.
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I met her at the party, but I forgot whosis she was.
Synonyms
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9.9
A word people use for a person or object when they forget its name
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word whosis comes from casual talk joining who and is, like asking 'who is it?', so it became a quick name for a person or thing whose name you do not know. A helpful way to remember it is to think of whatchamacallit, another casual replacement word for something you forgot.