plural so-and-sos or so-and-so's
ˈsō-ən-ˌsōz 
1
: an unnamed or unspecified person, thing, or action
2
1
: to an unspecified amount or degree
2
: in an unspecified manner or fashion
Synonyms
Noun
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of so-and-so in a Sentence
Noun
I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!
Recent Examples on the Web
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
That structure—the book of so-and-so, the Book of Ruth—is very appealing.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
Each face-off starts off genial, so Christian tries to stir up some drama about why so-and-so picked such-and-such for war.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 28 July 2023
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Noun
Your style of action, or the way it’s shot, has been mimicked time and time again, and instead of Die Hard on a [insert location], so-and-so’s John Wick has become the latest action movie formula.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
That structure—the book of so-and-so, the Book of Ruth—is very appealing.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
Each face-off starts off genial, so Christian tries to stir up some drama about why so-and-so picked such-and-such for war.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 28 July 2023
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“So-and-so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-and-so. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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