Veep

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, I heard "what's-his-face" years before "what's-his-ass."  Also in
1975, "what's-his-fuck."

Besides "what's-his-name," my grandfather also used "whozis."  For an
inanimate object, of course, he used "whatsis."

JL

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > "What the F-word is going on?" ("What the eff is going on?")
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> In an episode of The Family Guy, Huck Griffin addresses himself to
> "N-word Jim," after getting yelled at by Jim for first addressing him
> as, well, "N-word Jim."
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> > "What's-his-ass said so." Â ("What's-his-name." Â I heard this in 1975.)
>
> ("What's-his-face." I heard this in 1960, popularized by the same EM
> who also introduced "How ADJ is that?!" and other catch-phrases.)
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