so-and-so

1 of 2

noun

ˈsō-ən-ˌsō 

plural so-and-sos or so-and-so's ˈsō-ən-ˌsōz 

1

: an unnamed or unspecified person, thing, or action

2

: bastard sense 3

so-and-so

2 of 2

adverb

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

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

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

so-and-so

noun

ˈsō-ən-ˌsō

plural so-and-sos or so-and-so's

-ən-ˌsōz

: an unnamed or unspecified person or thing