so-and-so

See also: so and so

English

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.
Business letters normally begin "Dear Mr So-and-So".
(Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) Some thing or things.
He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.
(euphemistic, derogatory) Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc..
That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!

placeholder name

Arabic: فُلَان‎ (ar) m (fulān), فُلَانَة‎ f (fulāna)
Moroccan Arabic: فلان‎ m (flān), فلانة‎ f (flāna)
Bashkir: фәлән (fälän), фәлән-төгән (fälän-tögän)
Bengali: ফলনা m (fôlôna), ফলনি f (fôlôni), অমুক (ômuk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 某某 (zh) (mǒumǒu)
Czech: ten a ten m, ta a ta f, to a to n
Egyptian:

(mn m),

(mnt f)
Finnish: se ja se (fi)
French: (person): Untel (fr), Machin (fr), Trucmuche (fr), Tartempion (fr) ; (thing): chose (fr), machin (fr)
Galician: aqueloutro m, fulán m
German: der und der m, die und die f, das und das n
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)
Kapampangan: nanu-nanu, kayi
Korean: 뭐뭐 (mwomwo), 아무개 (ko) (amugae), 무엇무엇 (mueonmueot), 무슨무슨 (museunmuseun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فِڵان‎ (ku) (fillan), فیسار‎ (ku) (fîsar)
Maltese: flien m, fliena f
Maori: mea, kai a te kurī (Rather derogatory expression)
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

name used to take the place of an epithet