what's-her-face
what's-her-face pronoun: a woman whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
Pronoun
what's-her-face (plural what's-their-faces)
- A woman whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
- Near-synonyms: what's-her-name (what's-his-name, what's-their-name); whatchamacallher (whatchamacallhim); you-know-who; so-and-so; see also Thesaurus:what's-their-name
- Synonyms:
- what's-her-name, whatchamacallher, you-know-who, so-and-so
Synonyms of what's-her-face
Forms of what's-her-face
| plural | what's-their-faces |
|---|---|
| alternative form | what'sherface |
| alternative form | whatsherface |
| alternative form | what's-'er-face |
| alternative form | what's'erface |
| alternative form | what'serface |
| alternative form | whats'erface |
| alternative form | whatserface |
| alternative form | whatseface |
| alternative form | whaserface |
| alternative form | who's-her-face |
| alternative form | who'sherface |
| alternative form | whosherface |
| alternative form | whoserface |
Origin of what's-her-face
Univerbation of what's + her + face (“self”, metonymic).
Questions about what's-her-face
- What does what's-her-face mean?
- What's-her-face means a woman whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
- What part of speech is what's-her-face?
- What's-her-face is a pronoun.
Words near what's-her-face in the dictionary
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