whosiewhatsit
English
Alternative forms
- whosie-whatsit
Etymology
A concatenation of the phrases "Who's he? What's it?"
Noun
whosiewhatsit (plural whosiewhatsits)
- (informal) A person or thing that one does not know the name of.
Synonyms
- doohickey
- doojigger
- doover
- gizmo
- thing
- thingamabob
- thingamajig
- thingy
- whatchamacallit
- whatshumacallit
- whatsitsname
- widget
- See also Thesaurus:thingy