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10 Language-to-English DictionariesWhatsername
/ˈwɒt.səˌneɪm/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A placeholder used when one cannot remember or does not know a woman's or girl's name.
"I ran into whatsername from high school at the grocery store yesterday."
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An unspecified or forgotten female individual.
"He left his jacket at whatsername's house after the party."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived as a colloquial contraction of the phrase 'what is her name', emerging in late 19th-century American and British English. It reflects a natural phonetic compression used in speech when a speaker temporarily forgets or chooses not to specify a female person's name.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whatsername" is said worldwide
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je-ne-sais-qui
Transliteration: zhuh-nuh-say-kee
"J'ai rencontré je-ne-sais-qui à la fête."
die-und-die
Transliteration: dee-oont-dee
"Ich habe gestern mit die-und-die gesprochen."
quellacerta
Transliteration: kwel-la-cher-ta
"Ho visto quellacerta al mercato."
fulana
Transliteration: fu-la-na
"Me encontré con fulana en el centro."
fulana
Transliteration: fu-la-na
"Falei com a fulana ontem."
फलाँ
Transliteration: phalaan
"मैं कल फलाँ से मिला था।"
某某
Transliteration: mǒu mǒu
"我昨天遇到了某某。"
그여자 이름
Transliteration: geu-yeo-ja i-reum
"어제 그여자 이름을 우연히 만났다."
なんとかさん
Transliteration: nantoka-san
"昨日なんとかさんに会いました。"
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