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Whosis

Whosis proper noun: placeholder for a forgotten name.

Proper noun

Whosis

  1. Placeholder for a forgotten name.
    • Whosis has been around, and has made provisions to circumvent any wanton slaughter of his perfectly good name. Whosis has a card. The card comes in to you.1934, Inland Printer, American Lithographer, volume 93, page 55
    • When the Whosis Cheese Corporation takes to the radio and dins its name into your ears 30 times in 15 minutes, it's proceeding on a sound if sometimes annoying psychological principle.1948 January, The Rotarian, volume 72, number 1, page 64

Questions about Whosis

What does Whosis mean?
Whosis means placeholder for a forgotten name.
What part of speech is Whosis?
Whosis is a proper noun.

Words near Whosis in the dictionary

  1. whoshisname
  2. whosie-whatsit
  3. whosie-whatsits
  4. whosiewhatsit
  5. whosiewhatsits
  6. Whosis
  7. whosisface
  8. whosisname
  9. whosit
  10. whosits
  11. whoso

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