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gen. what-d'ye-call-him? (Anglophile); what's-his-name (Anglophile); what was his name again (4uzhoj)
disappr. stick-in-the-mud
inf. thingamy; thingum; thingumbob; thingumebob; whatshisname (Когда не могут вспомнить имя Александр У); whatsisname (a placeholder for the name of a man whose name the speaker can not bring to mind: That's why you have programs like "Crossing Over"–all those people that go to whatsisname, John Edwards. • The new junior minister, whatsisname, Donald Sinclair. 4uzhoj); hootenanny (вм. забытого названия); thingamy (о предметах); thingum (о предметах); thingumbob (о предметах); thingumebob (о предметах); wossname (о вещах: "This is nothing personal, you understand," said Charley to Nobby. "It's just a wossname. Sort of bendy educational thing, you know?" He appeared to think for a moment. "Learning curve. That was it. It's a learning curve." 4uzhoj); whatsitsname (о вещах); thingumajig; thingummy; what's-his-face (inn); what d'ye call him (Why, how the devil can you believe that Artamines, or what d'ye call him, fought singlehanded with a whole battalion? 4uzhoj); what's-his-name (He paused and added quickly, `With that assistant, what's-his-name , the one from McDonald's. • The John-or-what's-his-name-guy that work in the office next to yours that you only know because you sometimes see him arrive or go back. 4uzhoj); thingumajig (о предметах); thingummy (о предметах)
как там его: 30 phrases in 4 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
General7
Informal20
Makarov2