"whatshisname" meaning in All languages combined

See whatshisname on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: whatshisnames [plural], whatstheirnames [plural]
Etymology: A compound of what is his name. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|whatstheirnames}} whatshisname (plural whatshisnames or whatstheirnames)
  1. (informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Related terms: whatshername, whatstheirname, whatshisface, whatchamacallit, thingamajig, thingy, :Category:English placeholder terms, Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "A compound of what is his name.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatshisnames",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whatstheirnames",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "whatstheirnames"
      },
      "expansion": "whatshisname (plural whatshisnames or whatstheirnames)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "id": "en-whatshisname-en-noun-eoDkpyRv",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "forgotten",
          "forgotten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "whatshername"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatstheirname"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatshisface"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatchamacallit"
        },
        {
          "word": "thingamajig"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "thingy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": ":Category:English placeholder terms"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "thingamabob"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "thingamafuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "thingum"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "thingummy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "whatsisname"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "whatshisname"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "whasisname"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "whatshername"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "whatshisface"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "so-and-so"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "you-know-who"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Tom"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Dick and Harry"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Fred Bloggs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Bloggs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Soap"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Fred"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Public"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "A.N. Other"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Blow"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Schmoe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "John Doe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Jane Doe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "John Q. Public"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "John Smith"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joneses"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "dat fella"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "yer man"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "yer one"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "himself"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "herself"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Jimmy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Lord Muck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Lady Muck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Frick and Frack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Grandma"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Grandpa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Tommy Atkins"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Random"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Average"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Joe Sixpack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Jane Sixpack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "John Citizen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
          "word": "Whosis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatshisname"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "A compound of what is his name.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatshisnames",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whatstheirnames",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "whatstheirnames"
      },
      "expansion": "whatshisname (plural whatshisnames or whatstheirnames)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "whatshername"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatstheirname"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatshisface"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatchamacallit"
    },
    {
      "word": "thingamajig"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "thingy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": ":Category:English placeholder terms"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English placeholder terms",
        "English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "forgotten",
          "forgotten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "thingamabob"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "thingamafuck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "thingum"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "thingummy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "whatsisname"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "whatshisname"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "whasisname"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "whatshername"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "whatshisface"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "so-and-so"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "you-know-who"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Tom"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Dick and Harry"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Fred Bloggs"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Bloggs"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Soap"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Fred"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Public"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "A.N. Other"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Blow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Schmoe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "John Doe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Jane Doe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "John Q. Public"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "John Smith"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joneses"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "dat fella"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "yer man"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "yer one"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "himself"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "herself"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Jimmy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Lord Muck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Lady Muck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Frick and Frack"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Grandma"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Grandpa"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Tommy Atkins"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Random"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Average"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Joe Sixpack"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Jane Sixpack"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "John Citizen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:whatshisname",
      "word": "Whosis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatshisname"
}

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