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whatstheirface

whatstheirface is the alternative form of what's-their-face.

Meaning of what's-their-face

Pronoun

what's-their-face (plural what's-their-faces)

  1. (informal, singular) 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

Forms of whatstheirface

pluralwhatstheirfaces

Questions about whatstheirface

What is whatstheirface the alternative form of?
Whatstheirface is the alternative form of what's-their-face.

Words near whatstheirface in the dictionary

  1. whatso
  2. whatsoe'er
  3. whatsoever
  4. whatsomever
  5. Whatstandwell
  6. whatstheirface
  7. whatstheirfaces
  8. whatstheirname
  9. whatstheirnames
  10. whatta
  11. whattas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whatstheirface (page history and authors); what's-their-face (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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