so-and-so

Use So-and-so in a sentence

noun, plural so-and-sos.

someone or something not definitely named: to gossip about so-and-so.

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

—n , pl so-and-sos
1.	a person whose name is forgotten or ignored: so-and-so came to see me
2.	euphemistic a person or thing regarded as unpleasant or difficult: which so-and-so broke my razor?

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So-and-so is always a great word to know.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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Slang Dictionary

so-and-so definition

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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Example sentences

There's all this drama about misunderstandings and what so-and-so is really

feeling.

In spite of that, so-and-so isn't doing their own scientific research.

If people know you won't quote them with their names as having said that

so-and-so did thus-and-such, you'll be in good shape.

Those have much more weight in scientific debates than using so-and-so's

statistical test vs another statistical method.

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