FORGOTTEN
(also see UNKNOWN)
ADJECTIVES
► BLOTTO absolutely forgotten → 1930s sl., orig. US
► DEAD of people: forgotten → M19 US Black sl.
► DILLING passing from memory, being forgotten → Bk1900 Sc.
► OBLIVISCIBLE able or likely to be forgotten, forgettable → 1905
► UNBETHOUGHT forgotten → 1874 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► ANCIENT HISTORY something completely forgotten, esp. past romances → Amer. sl.
► HOLIDAY a forgotten or neglected task → 1935 US Navy sl.
► OBLIVISCENCE the fact of forgetting or state of having forgotten; forgetfulness → 1774
► TIDDERLY-PUSH ► TIDDLYPUSH a word substituted for the name of a person or thing which the speaker has forgotten, does not know, or is unwilling to mention; a thingummy → 1923 colloq.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANCIENT HISTORY someone completely forgotten, esp. past romances → Amer. sl.
► DINGLEFUZZY used in place of a person’s name which has been forgotten → 1975 US sl.
► GISMO ► GIZMO anyone with an unknown or forgotten name → World War II Amer. sl.
► MR. DOOZANBERRY a man whose name is unknown → 1914 Amer. dial.
► SAM a name used when someone’s proper name has been forgotten, esp. used of women → 1952 sl.
► THING-A-MERRY a person whose name is forgotten or unknown → 1818 sl.
► THING-A-ME-TOY a word used when the name of the person or thing referred to is forgotten or unknown; a curious article, especially one of unknown use and little value; a person of small account → 1865 Eng. dial.
► THINGUM a thing or person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak → 1824 Amer. dial.
► THINGUMYDOOCHY a person whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled → 1914 Amer. dial.
► WHAT-D’YE-CALL’EM anyone for whom one cannot provide the name → L16 sl.
► WHAT’S-HER-NAME a substitute for a woman’s name that is not known or remembered → 1816 sl.
► WHAT’S-HIS-NAME a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered → 1697 sl.
► WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided → 19C US sl.
► WHATSISFACE a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered → 1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► WHATSIT someone whose name is not known or remembered → 1898 sl.
► WHAT’S-YOUR-NAME used in addressing a person whose name is not known or remembered → 1757 sl.
► WHATZISFACE a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered → 1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► WHATZIT ► WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided → 19C US sl
► WHOOSIS ► WHOSIS someone whose name is not known or remembered → 1923 sl.
► WHOOSIT ► WHOOZIT ► WHOSIT ► WHOZIE ► WHOZITS someone whose name is not known or remembered → 1948 sl.
► WOSSNAME a person whose name is not known, forgotten, etc. → 20C sl.
VERBS
► FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding → 1970s Amer. sl.
► GO OUT OF HEAD to be forgotten → 1877 Sc.
► SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding → 1970s Amer. sl.
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