"so-and-so" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: so-and-sos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} so-and-so (plural so-and-sos)
  1. A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing. Categories (topical): People Translations (anything generic): δεῖνα (deîna) [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Ancient Greek), فُلَان (fulān) (Arabic), كَذَا وَكَذَا (kaḏā wakaḏā) (Arabic), كَذَا (kaḏā) (Arabic), অমুক (omuk) (Bengali), se ja tämä (Finnish), ci et ça (French), aqueloutro [masculine] (Galician), fulán [masculine] (Galician), so und so (German), δείνα (deína) (Greek), nanu-nanu (Kapampangan), kayi-kayi (Kapampangan), mea (Maori), فلان (folân) (Persian), باستار (bâstâr) (Persian), то́-то и то́-то (tó-to i tó-to) [neuter] (Russian), та́к-то и та́к-то (ták-to i ták-to) (Russian) Translations (placeholder name): δεῖνα (deîna) [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Ancient Greek), فُلَان (fulān) [masculine] (Arabic), فُلَانَة (fulāna) [feminine] (Arabic), فلان (flān) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), فلانة (flāna) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), filan (Azerbaijani), nəmnə (colluqial) [dialectal] (Azerbaijani), bəhman (Azerbaijani), фәлән (fələn) (Bashkir), фәлән-төгән (fələn-tögən) (Bashkir), ফলনা (fôlôna) [masculine] (Bengali), ফলনি (fôlôni) [feminine] (Bengali), অমুক (omuk) (Bengali), فِڵان (fillan) (Central Kurdish), فیسار (fîsar) (Central Kurdish), 某某 (mǒumǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), ten a ten [masculine] (Czech), ta a ta [feminine] (Czech), to a to [neuter] (Czech), mn:n:Y1 (mn) [masculine] (Egyptian), mn:n-t:Y1 (mnt) [feminine] (Egyptian), se ja se (Finnish), Untel (english: (person)) (French), Machin (French), Trucmuche (French), Tartempion (French), chose (english: (thing)) (French), machin (French), aqueloutro [masculine] (Galician), fulán [masculine] (Galician), der und der [masculine] (German), die und die [feminine] (German), das und das [neuter] (German), τάδε (táde) [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Greek), 何々 (naninani) (alt: なになに) (Japanese), nanu-nanu (Kapampangan), kayi (Kapampangan), 뭐뭐 (mwomwo) (Korean), 아무개 (amugae) (Korean), 무엇무엇 (mueonmueot) (Korean), 무슨무슨 (museunmuseun) (Korean), flien [masculine] (Maltese), fliena [feminine] (Maltese), mea (Maori), kai a te kurī (english: Rather derogatory expression) (Maori), فلان (folân) (Persian), بهمان (bahmân) (Persian), fulano [masculine] (Portuguese), sicrano [masculine] (Portuguese), beltrano [masculine] (Portuguese), Xulescu [masculine] (Romanian), Xuleasca [feminine] (Romanian), то́-то и то́-то (tó-to i tó-to) [neuter] (Russian), и то и сё (i to i sjo) [neuter] (Russian), fulano [masculine] (Spanish), fulana [feminine] (Spanish), falan (Turkish), filan (Turkish), falan filan (Turkish), nämenäme (Turkmen), pylan (Turkmen), Tibî Meyî (Walloon), Chôze (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-so-and-so-en-noun-nhQM8Iia Disambiguation of People: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'anything generic': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'placeholder name': 85 15
  2. (euphemistic, derogatory) Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc. Tags: derogatory, euphemistic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-so-and-so-en-noun-7iphYcBc Disambiguation of People: 79 21 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: so and so Related terms: such-and-such Translations (name used to take the place of an epithet): se ja se (Finnish), kayi (Kapampangan), taki owaki (Polish), тако́й-сяко́й (takój-sjakój) (Russian), tal por cual [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'name used to take the place of an epithet': 55 45

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          "roman": "mueonmueot",
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          "roman": "museunmuseun",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "fillan",
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "sense": "placeholder name",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "Rather derogatory expression",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "word": "kai a te kurī"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sicrano"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "beltrano"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Xulescu"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Xuleasca"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tó-to i tó-to",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "то́-то и то́-то"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "i to i sjo",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "и то и сё"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "es",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "word": "nämenäme"
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          "word": "pylan"
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          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "placeholder name",
          "word": "Tibî Meyî"
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          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
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          "word": "Chôze"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "فُلَان"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kaḏā wakaḏā",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "كَذَا وَكَذَا"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kaḏā",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "كَذَا"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "omuk",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "অমুক"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "se ja tämä"
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          "word": "ci et ça"
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          "lang": "Galician",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "aqueloutro"
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "so und so"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "deína",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "δείνα"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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            "feminine",
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "kayi-kayi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "mea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "folân",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "فلان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâstâr",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "باستار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tó-to i tó-to",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "то́-то и то́-то"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ták-to i ták-to",
          "sense": "anything generic",
          "word": "та́к-то и та́к-то"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
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          "name": "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
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            "Reduplicated coordinated pairs",
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Reduplications",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-so-and-so-en-noun-7iphYcBc",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "epithet",
          "epithet#English"
        ],
        [
          "SOB",
          "SOB#English"
        ],
        [
          "bastard",
          "bastard#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic, derogatory) Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "so and so"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
      "word": "se ja se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
      "word": "kayi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
      "word": "taki owaki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "takój-sjakój",
      "sense": "name used to take the place of an epithet",
      "word": "тако́й-сяко́й"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "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"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:People"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "so-and-sos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "so-and-so (plural so-and-sos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "such-and-such"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Business letters normally begin \"Dear Mr So-and-So\".",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English euphemisms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "That miserable so-and-so messed up my work!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "epithet",
          "epithet#English"
        ],
        [
          "SOB",
          "SOB#English"
        ],
        [
          "bastard",
          "bastard#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic, derogatory) Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "so and so"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fulān",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فُلَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fulāna",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فُلَانَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "flān",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فلان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "flāna",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فلانة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "filan"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "nəmnə (colluqial)"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "bəhman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "fələn",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "фәлән"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "fələn-tögən",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "фәлән-төгән"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "omuk",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "অমুক"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǒumǒu",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "某某"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ten a ten"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ta a ta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "to a to"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "mn",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mn:n:Y1"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "mnt",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mn:n-t:Y1"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "se ja se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "(person)",
      "lang": "French",
      "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",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "Tartempion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "(thing)",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "chose"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "machin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aqueloutro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fulán"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "der und der"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "die und die"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "das und das"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τάδε (táde)"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δεῖνα (deîna)"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なになに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "naninani",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "何々"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "nanu-nanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "kayi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mwomwo",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "뭐뭐"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amugae",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "아무개"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mueonmueot",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "무엇무엇"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "museunmuseun",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "무슨무슨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "fillan",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "فِڵان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "fîsar",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "فیسار"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flien"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fliena"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "mea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "Rather derogatory expression",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "kai a te kurī"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "folân",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "فلان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bahmân",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "بهمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fulano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicrano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beltrano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Xulescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Xuleasca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tó-to i tó-to",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "то́-то и то́-то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "i to i sjo",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "и то и сё"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fulano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fulana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "falan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "filan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "falan filan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "nämenäme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "pylan"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "Tibî Meyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "placeholder name",
      "word": "Chôze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fulān",
      "sense": "anything generic",
      "word": "فُلَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaḏā wakaḏā",
      "sense": "anything generic",
      "word": "كَذَا وَكَذَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaḏā",
      "sense": "anything generic",
      "word": "كَذَا"
    },
    {
      "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)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "anything generic",
      "word": "nanu-nanu"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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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