Thesaurus:whatshisname

Thesaurus

whatshisname

English

Noun

Sense: placeholder name for a person

Synonyms

• thingamabob
• thingamafuck (vulgar)
• thingum
• thingummy
• whatsisname
• whatshisname
• whasisname
• whatshername
• whatshisface
• so-and-so
• you-know-who

Proper names

Among words or phrases used in English to refer to people of unknown name, or that one is unable to or does not care to specify precisely are:

• Tom, Dick and Harry
• Fred Bloggs
• Joe Bloggs
• Joe Soap
• Fred
• Joe Public
• A.N. Other
• Joe Blow
• Joe Schmoe
• John Doe
• Jane Doe
• John Q. Public
• John Smith
• Joneses
• dat fella
• yer man
• yer one
• himself
• herself
• Jimmy
• Lord Muck
• Lady Muck
• Frick and Frack
• Grandma
• Grandpa
• Tommy Atkins
• Joe Random
• Joe Average
• Joe Sixpack
• Jane Sixpack
• John Citizen
• Whosis

Hypernyms

• thingamabob

See also

• Thesaurus:thingy (inanimate object)
• Category:English placeholder terms
• Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “565. misnomer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “whatshisname” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.