whatsitsname

English

Alternative forms

• what's-its-name
• wossname

Etymology

From what's +‎ its +‎ name.

Noun

whatsitsname (plural whatsitsnames)

1. Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.

   Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.

   • 1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3:

     Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

any object whose name one does not know

• Greek:

  Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós)