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so-and-so definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural so-and-sos or so-and-so's) Date: 13th century 1. an unnamed or unspecified person, thing, or action 2. bastard 3 II. adverb Date: 1565 1. to an unspecified amount or degree 2. in an unspecified manner or fashion

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. so-and-so's) 1 a particular person or thing not needing to be specified (told me to do so-and-so). 2 colloq. a person disliked or regarded with disfavour (the so-and-so left me behind).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You use so-and-so instead of a word, expression, or name when you are talking generally rather than giving a specific example of a particular thing. (INFORMAL) It would be a case of 'just do so-and-so and here's your cash'... If Mrs So-and-so was ill then Mrs So-and-so down the street would go and clean for her. PRON 2. People sometimes refer to another person as a so-and-so when they are annoyed with them or think that they are foolish. People often use so-and-so in order to avoid using a swear word. (INFORMAL) All her fault, the wicked little so-and-so. N-COUNT [disapproval]