whoosis

noun

whoo·​sis

ˈhüzə̇s

variants or whoosy

-zē

plural whoosises or whoosies

: someone or something whose name one does not know or cannot recall : an indefinite or unspecified person or thing or one that is representative or typical

don't print Senator Whoosis' blowoff yesterday

—F. L. Mott

the choke will be a whoosis on the dash

—F. C. Othman

Word History

Etymology

whoosis perhaps alteration of the expression who's this; whoosy perhaps alteration of the expression who's he

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