so-and-so
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so-and-so
noun so-and-sos · so and so
- 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.
- Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc. That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!
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noun placeholder name
| Español | fulano, fulana |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뭐뭐 mwomwo, 아무개 amugae, 무엇무엇 mueonmueot, 무슨무슨 museunmuseun |
| 日本語 | 何々 naninani |
| 中文 | 某某 mǒumǒu |
| Português | fulano, sicrano, beltrano |
| Français | Untel, Machin, Trucmuche, Tartempion, chose, machin |
| Deutsch | der und der, die und die, das und das |
| Ελληνικά | τάδε (táde) |
| Română | cutare, Cutărescu, X-ulescu, X-uleasca |
| Русский | то́-то и то́-то tó-to i tó-to, и то и сё i to i sjo |
| العربية | فُلَان fulān, فُلَانَة fulāna |
| עברית | פלוני plóni |
noun anything generic
| Português | tal coisa |
|---|---|
| Français | ci et ça |
| Deutsch | so und so |
| Ελληνικά | δείνα deína |
| Русский | то́-то и то́-то tó-to i tó-to, та́к-то и та́к-то ták-to i ták-to |
| العربية | فُلَان fulān, كَذَا وَكَذَا kaḏā wakaḏā, كَذَا kaḏā |
noun name used to take the place of an epithet
| Español | tal por cual |
|---|---|
| Русский | тако́й-сяко́й takój-sjakój |
Talk about this word "so-and-so." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/so-and-so. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. so-and-so. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/so-and-so "so-and-so." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/so-and-so.
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@misc{so_and_so_2026,
title = {so-and-so},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/so-and-so},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
