⇨ what's-er-name; what's-her-namenoun used to refer to a name that is unknown, forgotten, to be avoided or hardly worth mentioning UK, 1978
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what's-his/her/their-name
Used to indicate a person whose name is not known or can't be remembered. Sometimes the hyphens and apostrophe are removed to form a single unbroken word. I heard old what's-his-name is back to teaching the course again next week.I ran into whatshername from next door down at the grocery store this morning.