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whats'ername

whats'ername 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 whats'ername

Pronoun
pluralwhatstheirnames
Noun
pluralwhats'ernames

Questions about whats'ername

What is whats'ername the alternative form of?
Whats'ername is the alternative form of what's-her-name.

Words near whats'ername in the dictionary

  1. whatnot
  2. whatnots
  3. whatnottery
  4. whats
  5. whats'erface
  6. whats'ername
  7. whats'ernames
  8. whats'isface
  9. whats'isname
  10. whats'isnames
  11. whatsamatta

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whats'ername (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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