whoosis
or whosis
[hoo-zis]
1. an object or person whose name is not known or cannot be recalled:
It's the whoosis next to the volume control.
2. a person or thing considered typical or illustrative:
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the usual paragraph about the party given by Mme. Whoosis.
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He knew these people. They were his coworkers. They had been his coworkers for years. How many years? He forgot.
But he knew them. He remembered
many things about them, so he knew who they were. He just could not remember their names. He used to know them, he was sure about
that. But for some reason, he simply
could not place any of the names to the faces that he knew so well.
In fact, he could not remember his
own name either. He could remember
everything else, just not that. He knew
his age, his birthday, his wife’s birthday.
Everything that was worth remembering about his life, he
remembered. He even remembered a few things
that were not particularly worth remembering.
But his name. That was the one
thing he could not remember no matter how hard he tried. It was like it had been erased from his mind
along with all the other names he should know.
“Tony, there you are.” The
statement came from a small, round man.
He knew the man to be his boss.
Was Tony his name? It felt
familiar.
His boss went on giving him his
daily assignments and praising him for a job well done the previous day. He remembered why. He had given a presentation that had earned
the company a substantial contract deal.
The only reason the short, round man had not thrown him a party was
because everyone involved had to remain professional. Besides, there was still work to be done on
the contract before it took effect.
He promised his boss to keep up the
good work and that he would get all the accounts and such squared away as soon
as he could. His mind went through the
conversation. There was a name mentioned
at the beginning that was presumably his.
What was it again? Tom? Terry?
It was a T name, he knew that much.
But the specifics escaped him.
Why was that? It had been less
than five minutes since the name was mentioned, and yet he could not for the
life of him remember it.
Nobody else seemed to be having
troubles with names. They called out to
him, greeting him with that name that simply would not stick in his mind. He answered his coworker’s greetings with as
much enthusiasm as he ever had. He did
not want anyone to think anything was wrong.
That would only bring unnecessary trouble.
He sat down at the desk he knew for
sure to be his. He started to do the job
he had been doing for nearly a decade.
It was practically second nature to him by now. He knew that he was not losing his
memory. He could remember his first
girlfriend from high school, after all.
Well, everything but her name. He
had remembered it yesterday, just not today.
His fingers moved over his keyboard
as he thought about his recent predicament.
How could he suddenly forget everyone’s name? It did not make any sense. He had not done anything unusual, certainly
nothing that would create a loss of such specific memories.
He came to the conclusion that he
would not find an answer while sitting at his desk. He would start investigating as well as he
could after work. He just had to hope
that he could get through the day without needing anyone’s name.
I have some trouble remembering names. It takes me a few days to really remember names and faces and such. Of course, that assumes that I see the person or persons in question often enough.
Also, this word definitely sounds like something Dr. Seuss would have come up with, doesn't it?
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