so-and-so
Noun
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Noun
so-and-so
- A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic name.
- She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
- Business letters normally begin "Dear Mr So-and-So".
- Some thing or things.
- He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.
- (euphemistic, derogatory) Used for epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc..
- That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!
- See also Thesaurus:whatsaname
- French: (person) Untel, Machin, Trucmuche, Tartempion ; (thing) chose, machin
- Portuguese: fulano, sicrano, beltrano
- Russian: то́-то и то́-то
- Spanish: fulano, fulana
- French: ci et ça
- German: so und so
- Russian: то́-то и то́-то
- Russian: тако́й-сяко́й
- Spanish: tal por cual
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