so-and-so

See also: so and so

English

Alternative forms

so and so

Noun

so-and-so (plural so-and-sos)

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

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:whatsaname

Translations

placeholder name

Arabic: فُلَان‎ (ar) (fulān)
Moroccan Arabic: فْلان‎ m (flæn), فْلانة‎ f (flæna)
Bashkir: фәлән (fälän), фәлән-төгән (fälän-tögän)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 某某 (zh) (mǒumǒu)
Finnish: se ja se
French: (person): Untel (fr), Machin (fr), Trucmuche (fr), Tartempion (fr) ; (thing): chose (fr), machin (fr)
Greek: τάδε (el) m or f or n (táde)
Ancient Greek: δεῖνα m or f or n (deîna)
Japanese: 何々 (なになに, naninani)

Korean: 뭐뭐 (mwomwo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فِڵان‎ (fillan), فیسار‎ (fîsar)
Maori: mea
Persian: فلان‎ (fa) (folân), بهمان‎ (fa) (bahmân)
Portuguese: fulano (pt) m, sicrano (pt) m, beltrano (pt) m
Russian: то́-то и то́-то n (tó-to i tó-to), и то и сё n (i to i sjó)
Spanish: fulano (es) m, fulana (es) f
Walloon: Tibî Meyî (wa), Chôze

anything generic

Arabic: فُلَان‎ (ar) (fulān), كَذَا وَكَذَا‎ (kaḏā wakaḏā), كَذَا‎ (kaḏā)
Finnish: se ja tämä
French: ci et ça
German: so und so
Greek: δείνα (el) (deína)
Ancient Greek: δεῖνα m or f or n (deîna)

Maori: mea
Persian: فلان‎ (fa) (folân), باستار‎ (fa) (bâstâr)
Russian: то́-то и то́-то n (tó-to i tó-to); та́к-то и та́к-то (ták-to i ták-to)

name used to take the place of an epithet

Finnish: se ja se
Polish: taki-owaki

Russian: тако́й-сяко́й (ru) (takój-sjakój)
Spanish: tal por cual m or f

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