A placeholder name, used when a name is not known; a generic name.
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She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
Submitted on September 01, 2009
Additional definitions for 'so-and-so':
so-and-so | A name used to take the place of an epithet. |
so-and-so | Anything generic. |
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