so-and-so

Example Sentences

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“If they got into difficulty, we would then inform their headquarters, their people on the land. ‘Boat so and so has been hit’ and things like that.”

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

I lost the best part of my life - I'm no longer a teenager, I'm an old so and so.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

It came in a coded message, according to a fragment of the transcript shown in court: “Your friend so and so will be married, uh, on Sept. 11.”

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023

Maybe not as literally as an audience would imagine, like: Is that a song about so and so?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Since we did not know who would be receiving our letters, Mrs. Miller said to simply write Hello! instead of Dear so and so.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda