So-and-so Definition

sōən-sō
so-and-sos
noun
so-and-sos
Some person or thing whose name is either not specified or not known.
Webster's New World
A son of a gun.
American Heritage

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

That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!
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Noun

Singular:
so-and-so
Plural:
so-and-sos

So-and-so Sentence Examples

  • The moment I am unsuccessful, I say, so-and-so is the cause of the failure.

  • Now some clever so-and-so 's have figured out a way of opening pop-ups by using Flash, and bypassing Firefox's pop-up blocker.

  • Whilst the people are good, the beer is good and the staff are brilliant, the Landlord can be a miserable old so-and-so.

  • Figs 5, 6 & 7 Mo ' had no such luck and kept calling me a jammy so-and-so.

  • But if you do this, also include a short text saying " Document moved to new URL so-and-so " for other browsers.

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