SO-AND-SO


Meaning of SO-AND-SO in English

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 ]

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