wotsit

plural wotsits

1. alternativeinformalAlternative spelling of whatsit.

   Nah, I reckon it's all one of those mass testeria thingies, where someone starts saying they're not seeing owt, and then afore you know it we've lost the wotsit.

   2003 September 26, oiorpata, “Re: poor bloke”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), message-ID <qm39nvc9ol2g4t0jg18ers6qgfljatqner@4ax.com>

plural Wotsits

1. A cheese-flavoured corn puff of the British brand Wotsits.

   Repeat the experiment with a marshmallow and a Wotsit.

   2018, Julia Golding with Andrew Briggs and Roger Wagner, “Testing Boyle’s Law – ‘Gas Pressure Increases, Volume Decreases’”, in Hunt with Newton: What Are the Secrets of the Universe? (The Curious Science Quest), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Lion Hudson, →ISBN

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   Lucy rolls her eyes as she chews the life out of a Wotsit.

   2015, Jonathan Harvey, “Natalie”, in The Secrets We Keep, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 47

   Papay is a long, thin island. In map form, it looks a bit like a Wotsit, or an old man with a walking-stick, vomiting.

   2016, Amy Liptrot, “Rose Cottage”, in The Outrun, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, published 2024, →ISBN

   He put a picture up of him and this girl and I can tell it’s his girlfriend by the comments. Then I saw another one of them out for a meal and I started looking at hers and I saw LOADS of pictures of Mitch on there. She’s very orange though. She looks like a Wotsit with hair. But she’s not ugly, and I think that’s what hurts the most.

   2017, Charlotte Crosby, “March 2016”, in Brand New Me, London: Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 89

   “Guess I owe you a thanks then?” / “One of these will do.” She plucked a Wotsit out. “So what’s your plan. Other than emergency crisps.” She knew me too well.

   2018, Beth Garrod, chapter 28, in Access All Awkward (Awkward; 3), London: Scholastic Children’s Books, →ISBN

   You know Donald Trump, right? Wobbly orange trumpet on legs? The answer to the question: ‘What would the offspring of a Wotsit and a dolphin look like?’ Yeah, that guy. Well, he also happens to be the 45th President of the United States of America.

   2019, “Is your cat smarter than Donald Trump?”, in Poo or False? A Completely Crappy Quiz Book, London: Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 129