"something or other" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} something or other (uncountable)
  1. Something unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial. Tags: uncountable Related terms: some something or other Translations (something unspecified or indeterminate): কিছু না কিছু (kichu na kichu) (Bengali), et eller andet (Danish), io aŭ alio (Esperanto), कुछ न कुछ (kuch na kuch) (Hindi), なんとかかんとか (nantokakantoka) (Japanese), coś tam [neuter] (Polish), то и́ли друго́е (to íli drugóje) (Russian), کچھ نا کچھ (kuch na kuch) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-something_or_other-en-noun-XvRXXsQd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Urdu terms with redundant script codes

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          "name": "Urdu terms with redundant script codes",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Charles T. Canady, Proposals for Electoral College Reform",
          "text": "Many a voter, thinking he will have another chance to vote in a runoff, will use his general election vote to protest something or other — to send a message",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Bill Hunt, The Last Witness from a Dirt Road",
          "text": "Elizabeth said his name was Perry something or other, and he sang about temptation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "unspecified",
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          "indeterminate"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "some something or other"
        }
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "kichu na kichu",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "কিছু না কিছু"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "et eller andet"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "io aŭ alio"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kuch na kuch",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "कुछ न कुछ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nantokakantoka",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "なんとかかんとか"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "coś tam"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "to íli drugóje",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "то и́ли друго́е"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kuch na kuch",
          "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
          "word": "کچھ نا کچھ"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "something or other"
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      "word": "some something or other"
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          "ref": "2000, Charles T. Canady, Proposals for Electoral College Reform",
          "text": "Many a voter, thinking he will have another chance to vote in a runoff, will use his general election vote to protest something or other — to send a message",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Bill Hunt, The Last Witness from a Dirt Road",
          "text": "Elizabeth said his name was Perry something or other, and he sang about temptation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Something unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial."
      ],
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          "unspecified",
          "unspecified"
        ],
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          "indeterminate",
          "indeterminate"
        ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kichu na kichu",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "কিছু না কিছু"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "et eller andet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "io aŭ alio"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kuch na kuch",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "कुछ न कुछ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nantokakantoka",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "なんとかかんとか"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "coś tam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "to íli drugóje",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "то и́ли друго́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kuch na kuch",
      "sense": "something unspecified or indeterminate",
      "word": "کچھ نا کچھ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "something or other"
}

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