whatstheirname

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A form of what's-their-name — A person whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).

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Meanings

pronounwhatstheirname (plural whatstheirnames)

plural whatstheirnames

  1. alternativeAlternative form of what's-their-name.

    Maybe now you can see the outstanding job they are doing for you as you call for “that letter about the pipe joints rom Whatstheirname's warehouse,"

    1973, Records Management Quarterly, page 9
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    Many old names, hairstyles, and mustaches that I'd already forgotten: Mirko Votava, Tom Dooley, Vladimir Beschastnych, Manni Bender, Heiko Scholz, Alain Sutter, and whatstheirname

    2018, Philipp Winkler, Hooligan
nounwhatstheirname (plural whatstheirnames)

plural whatstheirnames

  1. alternativeAlternative form of what's-their-name.
Cite this entry
APA

whatstheirname. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatstheirname

MLA

“whatstheirname.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatstheirname. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whatstheirname,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatstheirname.

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