Definition of "whatsisname" [whatsisname]

• A placeholder for the name of a man whose name the speaker can not bring to mind. (noun)

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• "Note: For my own recollection (and possibly for your amusement) here are just some of the references: lecherous old scientist Kurt Kazelov = Isaac Asimov; Burt Franklin who write about nomadic desert tribes and epic family feuds = Frank Herbert; Ralph A. McDonell whose dialectic tracts left people wondering what kind of fascist he was = Robert A. Heinlein; Frelff Rondimon who invented Scatology = L. Ron Hubbard; Kim Kinser (note reverse spelling) who "won a ton of awards transferring Africa to some alien planet solely so he could deduct his safaris on his tax returns" = Mike Resnick, referring to his Kirinyaga sequence; "whatsisname", the sissy little creep who sold who sold the Star Truck script while still in college = David Gerrold."
• "The martyrdom of St whatsisname, with all the little arrows."
• "The commander of the ULL in the south, whatsisname, had asked me to take out a truck loaded up with nitrous oxide bottles, depriving their enemies the ADR, of the gas - precious for its use in surgery."