So-and-so

Alternative forms

 * so and so

Noun

 * 1)  A placeholder name, used when a name is not known; a generic name.
 * She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
 * 1) Anything generic.
 * He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.
 * 1)  A name used to take the place of an epithet.
 * That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:whatsaname

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * MSA: فُلان (fulān)
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: τάδε (táde)


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: то-то и то-то
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic:
 * MSA: فُلان (fulān)


 * Finnish:
 * Russian: то-то и то-то; так-то и так-то


 * Finnish:


 * Russian: такой-сякой

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