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so-and-so

[ soh-uhn-soh ]

noun

, plural so-and-sos.
  1. someone or something not definitely named:

    to gossip about so-and-so.

  2. a bastard; son of a bitch (used as a euphemism):

    Tell the old so-and-so to mind his own business.



so-and-so

noun

  1. a person whose name is forgotten or ignored

    so-and-so came to see me

  2. euphemistic.
    a person or thing regarded as unpleasant or difficult

    which so-and-so broke my razor?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of so-and-so1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

For instance, a sudden declaration before others that “so-and-so has died!”

People would stop us on the street and say, ‘Do you know so-and-so?’

If Romney were in the White House, by 2016, “was so-and-so tough on Syria?”

I just knew after a while, ‘OK, so-and-so is going to rip it apart.’

If I lost millions, it's because so-and-so A swindled me, or so-and-so B down the supply line didn't do his part, and it hurt me.

Well, is it not wise to take what one can get—the little glory of being the property of Mr. So-and-So?

Now, if you are dying and call in some Dr. So-and-so, you may find him a young fellow of three or four and twenty.

Sometimes he would come to the very verge of committing himself by adding, "From So-and-So."

I tried to remember whether I had been introduced to her as a Miss or Mrs. So-and-so, but without success.

The point of interest to the statesman is that it didn't for a moment occur to us to do so-and-so when the time for doing it came.

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