so-and-so
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You can tell because of the multiple monologues that kick off with someone asking Robin if he’s ever heard that story about so-and-so and forcing the movie to halt while we listen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Once you hit submit, they’ll get back to you saying, “Please show up to so-and-so garage with all your documents that are being requested on that day.”
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
John Jeanson isn’t an AI such-and-such or a crypto so-and-so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
"I've never been on holiday without bumping into a Welsh person and then after about half a minute you're like, 'well do you know so-and-so if you're from Merthyr?' and they always do."
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
“You know, I’m separated from so-and-so . . .” he would say.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Hoover’s men are smug, citified so-and-sos in trim suits who set great store by fancy crime-fighting techniques like fingerprint analysis, wiretaps, two-way radios and aerial surveillance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
Around New York City, it seemed, there was a tiny enclave of impassioned, well-fed so-and-sos who had all gone mad for this will-o’-the-wisp of a savory.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2011
If you're going to indict this long line of greedy so-and-sos for causing financial crashes, you also have to credit them with all the intervening periods of prosperity.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 20, 2010
They say the image of public servants in parts of the media as "lazy, idle so-and-sos, on massive wages" is unfair.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2010
Those so-and-sos will all pile in everything they got at the last minute.
From Space Platform by Murray Leinster
