so-and-so

American  

[soh-uhn-soh] / ˈsoʊ ənˌsoʊ /

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.

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so-and-so British  

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?

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Etymology

Origin of so-and-so

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

So and so would never do something like that.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017

He who once upon a time said, simply, "So and so is the case," and was believed, must now give the most strong and sacred assurances, that he would eventually pay the claimants.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Auerbach, Berthold

I see," she remarked presently to her companion, "that Mr. So and so, the octogenarian, is dead.

From Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers by Anonymous

So and so does, and says there is no one like him.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry

That was not simple and easy, for no one could tell him: So and so many masses will square you; but it was possible that he might make a miscount of one and lose everything.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

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