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