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so-and-so en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.
   • She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
   • Business letters normally begin "Dear Mr So-and-So".
   • He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.
2. (derogatory, euphemistic) Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc.
   • Greg [Wise]’s excellent to work with. Funny and incredibly playful. He gets to be married to me by day and Emma Thompson by night. What a lucky so-and-so. We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we? I certainly do. 2023 August 13, Michael Hogan, quoting Susan Wokoma, “Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’”, in The Observer:
   • “How can five hundred pounds become a hundred thousand pounds?!” “I’m not a bank,” snapped Mr Big. “No, you just rob them!” said Frank. “Cocky little so-and-so, aren’t you?” 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
   • That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!

Forms

Relateds

such-and-such · so-so

Translations (96)

ru и то и сё (placeholder name) · pl taki owaki (placeholder name) · ary فلانة (placeholder name) · fa فلان (anything generic) · es tal por cual (name used to take the place of an epithet) · pam nanu-nanu (anything generic) · ckb فیسار (placeholder name) · tk nämenäme (placeholder name) · az filan (placeholder name) · id si fulan (placeholder name) · pl taki owaki (anything generic) · ar فُلَانَة (placeholder name) · tr falan filan (placeholder name) · wa Chôze (placeholder name) · grc δεῖνα (deîna) (anything generic) · ja 何々 (placeholder name) · gl aqueloutro (placeholder name) · egy mn:n-t:Y1 (placeholder name) · egy mn:n:Y1 (placeholder name) · pam kayi-kayi (anything generic) · ar فُلَان (anything generic) · mt fliena (placeholder name) · ko 아무개 (placeholder name) · fi se ja se (name used to take the place of an epithet) · fr Tartempion (placeholder name) · ba фәлән-төгән (placeholder name) · ko 무엇무엇 (placeholder name) · tk pylan (placeholder name) · el δείνα (anything generic) · bn ফলনি (placeholder name) · fr Trucmuche (placeholder name) · tr filan (placeholder name) · mi mea (placeholder name) · de die und die (placeholder name) · ckb فِڵان (placeholder name) · de das und das (placeholder name) · mt flien (placeholder name) · tr bilmem ne (placeholder name) · pam kayi (name used to take the place of an epithet) · pt sicrano (placeholder name) · pl taki owaki (name used to take the place of an epithet) · pam nanu-nanu (placeholder name) · bn অমুক (anything generic) · de so und so (anything generic) · bn ফলনা (placeholder name) · cs to a to (placeholder name) · he פלוני (placeholder name) · pt beltrano (placeholder name) · ko 무슨무슨 (placeholder name) · ar كَذَا (anything generic) · fr machin (placeholder name) · gl fulán (placeholder name) · gl aqueloutro (anything generic) · eo ajnulo (placeholder name) · ro X-ulescu (placeholder name) · ru то́-то и то́-то (anything generic) · bn অমুক (placeholder name) · mi mea (anything generic) · az bəhman (placeholder name) · ko 뭐뭐 (placeholder name) · fr chose (placeholder name) · fa بهمان (placeholder name) · ar كَذَا وَكَذَا (anything generic) · fi se ja tämä (anything generic) · grc δεῖνα (deîna) (placeholder name) · id si anu (placeholder name) · ro X-uleasca (placeholder name) · ro Cutărescu (placeholder name) · cmn 某某 (placeholder name) · ba фәлән (placeholder name) · wa Tibî Meyî (placeholder name) · pt fulano (placeholder name) · ary فلان (placeholder name) · fr Machin (placeholder name) · tr falan (placeholder name) · fr ci et ça (anything generic) · cs ta a ta (placeholder name) · ru тако́й-сяко́й (name used to take the place of an epithet) · fi se ja se (placeholder name) · fa باستار (anything generic) · de der und der (placeholder name) · ro cutare (placeholder name) · fr Untel (placeholder name) · ar فُلَان (placeholder name) · az nəmnə (placeholder name) · ru та́к-то и та́к-то (anything generic) · pt tal coisa (anything generic) · es fulano (placeholder name) · gl fulán (anything generic) · pam kayi (placeholder name) · es fulana (placeholder name) · ru то́-то и то́-то (placeholder name) · el τάδε (táde) (placeholder name) · mi kai a te kurī (placeholder name) · cs ten a ten (placeholder name) · fa فلان (placeholder name)