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whoo⋅sis

  [hoo-zis]
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–noun, plural -sis⋅es. Informal.
1. an object or person whose name is not known or cannot be recalled: It's the whoosis next to the volume control.
2. a person or thing considered typical or illustrative: the usual paragraph about the party given by Mme. Whoosis.
Also, whosis.

Origin:
1920–25; alter. of phrase who's this
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