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so-and-so

  [soh-uhn-soh]
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–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.
Origin:
1590–1600
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so-and-so   (sō'ən-sō')
n.   pl. so-and-sos

  1. An unnamed or unspecified person or thing.

  2. Informal A son of a gun.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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so-and-so

  1. n.
    a euphemistic way of addressing someone with an insulting term of address. (This is usually euphemistic for son of a bitch. However, it is also used for good friends, especially male to male, to show affection.) : This lousy so-and-so tried to take me for 400 bucks.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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