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what'shername

what'shername is the alternative form of what's-her-name.

Meaning of what's-her-name

Pronoun

what's-her-name (plural what's-their-names)

  1. (informal, singular) A woman whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
    • Near-synonyms: what's-her-face (what's-his-face, what's-their-face); whatchamacallher (whatchamacallhim); you-know-who; so-and-so; see also Thesaurus:what's-their-name

See all 2 meanings of what's-her-name

Forms of what'shername

Pronoun
pluralwhat'stheirnames
Noun
pluralwhat'shernames

Questions about what'shername

What is what'shername the alternative form of?
What'shername is the alternative form of what's-her-name.

Words near what'shername in the dictionary

  1. what's-their-names
  2. what'serface
  3. what'sername
  4. what'sernames
  5. what'sherface
  6. what'shername
  7. what'shernames
  8. what'shisface
  9. what'shisname
  10. what'shisnames
  11. what'sisface

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Adapted from Wiktionary: what'shername (page history and authors); what's-her-name (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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