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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing..
She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
Business letters normally begin "Dear Mr So-and-So".
He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.
That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!
“How can five hundred pounds become a hundred thousand pounds?!” “I’m not a bank,” snapped Mr Big. “No, you just rob them!” said Frank. “Cocky little so-and-so, aren’t you?”
Greg [Wise]’s excellent to work with. Funny and incredibly playful. He gets to be married to me by day and Emma Thompson by night. What a lucky so-and-so. We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we? I certainly do.
Use so-and-so when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
So-and-so means A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing..
Common synonyms include bum, rat, rotter, crumb.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
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