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whoosis
or who·sis
[ hoo-zis ]
noun
, Informal.
, plural whoo·sis·es.
- an object or person whose name is not known or cannot be recalled:
It's the whoosis next to the volume control.
- a person or thing considered typical or illustrative:
the usual paragraph about the party given by Mme. Whoosis.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whoosis1
First recorded in 1920–25; alteration of phrase who's this
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