See so-and-so in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!",
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"text": "“How can five hundred pounds become a hundred thousand pounds?!”\n“I’m not a bank,” snapped Mr Big.\n“No, you just rob them!” said Frank.\n“Cocky little so-and-so, aren’t you?”",
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{
"ref": "2023 August 13, Michael Hogan, quoting Susan Wokoma, “Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’”, in The Observer:",
"text": "Greg [Wise]’s excellent to work with. Funny and incredibly playful. He gets to be married to me by day and Emma Thompson by night. What a lucky so-and-so. We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we? I certainly do.",
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{
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
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{
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},
{
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"colloquial",
"dialectal"
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{
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},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "fôlôna",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ফলনা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "fôlôni",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ফলনি"
},
{
"code": "bn",
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"roman": "omuk",
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"word": "অমুক"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "某某"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ta a ta"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mn:n:Y1"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "mnt",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "se ja se"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "Untel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "Machin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "Trucmuche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "Tartempion"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "chose"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "machin"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulán"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "何々"
},
{
"code": "pam",
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},
{
"code": "pam",
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},
{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
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{
"code": "ko",
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{
"code": "ko",
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},
{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
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{
"code": "ckb",
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},
{
"code": "ckb",
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"roman": "fîsar",
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{
"code": "mt",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "mt",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "mea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "Rather derogatory expression",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "kai a te kurī"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "folân",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "فلان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "بهمان"
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "filan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "falan filan"
},
{
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"word": "nämenäme"
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{
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "pylan"
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{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "Tibî Meyî"
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{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "placeholder name",
"word": "Chôze"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "فُلَان"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "anything generic",
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{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "kaḏā",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "كَذَا"
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{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "omuk",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "অমুক"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "se ja tämä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "ci et ça"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything generic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aqueloutro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything generic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulán"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "so und so"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "deína",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "δείνα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"sense": "anything generic",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "δεῖνα (deîna)"
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{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "nanu-nanu"
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{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "kayi-kayi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "mea"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "folân",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "فلان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâstâr",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "باستار"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tó-to i tó-to",
"sense": "anything generic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "то́-то и то́-то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ták-to i ták-to",
"sense": "anything generic",
"word": "та́к-то и та́к-то"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
"word": "se ja se"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
"word": "kayi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
"word": "taki owaki"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "takój-sjakój",
"sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
"word": "тако́й-сяко́й"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tal por cual"
}
],
"word": "so-and-so"
}
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