"whatstheirname" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whatstheirnames [plural]
Etymology: A compound of what is their name. Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} whatstheirname (plural whatstheirnames)
  1. (informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Related terms: whatshisname, whatshername
    Sense id: en-whatstheirname-en-noun-Kyf2Ms53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "A compound of what is their name.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatstheirnames",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "s"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Philipp Winkler, Hooligan:",
          "text": "Many old names, hairstyles, and mustaches that I'd already forgotten: Mirko Votava, Tom Dooley, Vladimir Beschastnych, Manni Bender, Heiko Scholz, Alain Sutter, and whatstheirname",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Records Management Quarterly, page 9:",
          "text": "Maybe now you can see the outstanding job they are doing for you as you call for “that letter about the pipe joints rom Whatstheirname's warehouse,\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten."
      ],
      "id": "en-whatstheirname-en-noun-Kyf2Ms53",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "forgotten",
          "forgotten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "whatshisname"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatshername"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatstheirname"
}
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  "etymology_text": "A compound of what is their name.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatstheirnames",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "whatstheirname (plural whatstheirnames)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "whatshisname"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatshername"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English placeholder terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Philipp Winkler, Hooligan:",
          "text": "Many old names, hairstyles, and mustaches that I'd already forgotten: Mirko Votava, Tom Dooley, Vladimir Beschastnych, Manni Bender, Heiko Scholz, Alain Sutter, and whatstheirname",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Records Management Quarterly, page 9:",
          "text": "Maybe now you can see the outstanding job they are doing for you as you call for “that letter about the pipe joints rom Whatstheirname's warehouse,\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatstheirname"
}

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