Thesaurus:whatshisname
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: placeholder name for a person
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Proper names
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]- Thesaurus:thingy (inanimate object)
- Category:English placeholder terms
Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
[edit]- “565. misnomer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “whatshisname” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.