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so-and-so

so-and-so

See also: so and so

English

Alternative forms

so and so

Noun

so-and-so ‎(plural so-and-sos)

(idiomatic) 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.
Some thing or things.
He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.
(euphemistic) Used for epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc..
That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:whatsaname

Translations

placeholder name

Arabic: فُلَان (ar) ‎(fulān)
Moroccan Arabic: فْلان m ‎(flæn), فْلانة f ‎(flæna)
Bashkir: фәлән ‎(fälän), фәлән-төгән ‎(fälän-tögän)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 某某 (zh) ‎(mǒumǒu)
Finnish: se ja se
French: (person): Untel (fr), Machin (fr), Trucmuche (fr), Tartempion (fr) ; (thing): chose (fr), machin (fr)
Greek: τάδε (el) m, f, n ‎(táde)

Japanese: 何々 ‎(なになに, naninani)
Maori: mea
Persian: فلان (fa) ‎(folân), بهمان (fa) ‎(bahmân)
Portuguese: fulano (pt) m, sicrano (pt) m, beltrano (pt) m
Russian: то́-то и то́-то n ‎(tó-to i tó-to), и то и сё n ‎(i to i sjó)
Spanish: fulano (es)
Walloon: Tibî Meyî (wa), Chôze

anything generic

Arabic: فُلَان (ar) ‎(fulān)
Finnish: se ja tämä
French: ci et ça

German: so und so
Maori: mea
Persian: فلان (fa) ‎(folân), باستار (fa) ‎(bâstâr)
Russian: то́-то и то́-то n ‎(tó-to i tó-to); та́к-то и та́к-то ‎(ták-to i ták-to)

name used to take the place of an epithet

Finnish: se ja se
Polish: taki-owaki

Russian: тако́й-сяко́й ‎(takój-sjakój)
Spanish: tal por cual m, f