"whatshisface" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-whatshisface.ogg Forms: whatshisfaces [plural]
Etymology: From what's his face. The use of face in its metonymic sense in this construction reflects essential objectification via metonymy as explained at ass § Usage notes. Head templates: {{en-noun}} whatshisface (plural whatshisfaces)
  1. (slang) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: whatsaname, what's-his-face, whatsisface Related terms: whatshisname

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From what's his face. The use of face in its metonymic sense in this construction reflects essential objectification via metonymy as explained at ass § Usage notes.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "parents": [
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "id": "en-whatshisface-en-noun-eoDkpyRv",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "forgotten",
          "forgotten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "whatshisname"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "whatsaname"
        },
        {
          "word": "what's-his-face"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatsisface"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "whatshisface"
}
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  "etymology_text": "From what's his face. The use of face in its metonymic sense in this construction reflects essential objectification via metonymy as explained at ass § Usage notes.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatshisfaces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whatshisface (plural whatshisfaces)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "whatshisname"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English nouns",
        "English placeholder terms",
        "English slang",
        "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": [
        "(slang) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whatsaname"
    },
    {
      "word": "what's-his-face"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatsisface"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatshisface"
}

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