whatshername

English

Etymology

what's + her + name

Pronoun

whatshername

  1. (informal) A female person whose name cannot be recalled.
    Look, there's old whatshername peering over the fence again.
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
      ‘What document? Why, the document,’ replied Squeers. ‘The Madeline What’s-her-name one. It was a will; that’s what it was.’

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