so-and-son.adj.adv.

Forms: Also so and so, soandso.

A. n.

1. An indefinite phrase (= ‘such a thing, person, number,’ etc.) used in place of a more lengthy statement, or as a substitute for an expression or name not exactly remembered or not requiring to be explicitly stated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown

swilk and swilkc1175

thinga1325

what-call-ye-him1473

who knows what?1548

I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568

God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569

washical1575

what-d'ye-call-'em1593

so-and-so1596

whiblin1604

so-fortha1616

jiggumboba1625

know-not-whata1642

thingum1652

thingum-thangum1684

what's-his-name1697

something or other1706

thingummy1737

thingamabob1751

something1764

what's-her-name1816

conundrum1817

thingamerry1819

thingamajig1824

somebody1825

what's-its-name1839

whangdoodle1852

thingummytite1865

dingus1866

what-not1876

whatsita1882

gilguy1883

gadget1886

dingbat1894

doohickey1914

oojah1917

oojah capivvy1917

oojiboo1918

doodad1920

tiddlypush1923

whosis1923

thingy1927

doodah1928

doofer1937

hootenanny1940

whatchamacallit1942

gizmo1943

frammis1948

whosit1948

whifflow1961

oobyjiver1963

whatsisface1967

oojamaflip1970

what's-her-face1980

(a)

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. F7^v So whylome didst thou to faire Florimell; And so and so to noble Britomart.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 110 A deep Sleep shall come upon you, and you shall dream so and so.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 330 That..he must trust or believe..so and so, and do so and so in consequence.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 107 If you persevere in your uncivil intention, I will do so and so.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xxiv, in tr. Gaius Institutes 418 To that man..let my heir give so-and-so.

(b)1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ii. 89 What's-his-name of this, and so-and-so of t'other.1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. x. 100 His London Agents were Messrs. So-and-so.1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 88 I've left most of them for the next time; but the So-and-so's..will be here.(c)1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 1 In the year one thousand eight hundred and so and so.1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. i. 2 Number so-and-so in such-and-such a street.1873 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive in Wks. VI. i. 46 Divine service will be ‘performed’..at so-and-so o'clock.

2. Used euphemistically as a term of abuse for a person (occasionally a thing). Also, with weakened force, as a term of affection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused

warlockOE

swinec1175

beastc1225

wolf's-fista1300

avetrolc1300

congeonc1300

dirtc1300

slimec1315

snipec1325

lurdanc1330

misbegetc1330

sorrowa1350

shrew1362

jordan1377

wirlingc1390

frog?a1400

warianglea1400

wretcha1400

horcop14..

turdc1400

callet1415

lotterela1450

paddock?a1475

souter1478

chuff?a1500

langbain?c1500

cockatrice1508

sow1508

spink1508

wilrone1508

rook?a1513

streaker?a1513

dirt-dauber?1518

marmoset1523

babiona1529

poll-hatcheta1529

bear-wolf1542

misbegotten1546

pig1546

excrement1561

mamzer1562

chuff-cat1563

varlet1566

toada1568

mandrake1568

spider1568

rat1571

bull-beef1573

mole-catcher1573

suppository1573

curtal1578

spider-catcher1579

mongrela1585

roita1585

stickdirta1585

dogfish1589

Poor John1589

dog's facec1590

tar-boxa1592

baboon1592

pot-hunter1592

venom1592

porcupine1594

lick-fingers1595

mouldychaps1595

tripe1595

conundrum1596

fat-guts1598

thornback1599

land-rat1600

midriff1600

stinkardc1600

Tartar1600

tumbril1601

lobster1602

pilcher1602

windfucker?1602

stinker1607

hog rubber1611

shad1612

splay-foot1612

tim1612

whit1612

verdugo1616

renegado1622

fish-facea1625

flea-trapa1625

hound's head1633

mulligrub1633

nightmare1633

toad's-guts1634

bitch-baby1638

shagamuffin1642

shit-breech1648

shitabed1653

snite1653

pissabed1672

bastard1675

swab1687

tar-barrel1695

runt1699

fat-face1740

shit-sack1769

vagabond1842

shick-shack1847

soor1848

b1851

stink-pot1854

molie1871

pig-dog1871

schweinhund1871

wind-sucker1880

fucker1893

cocksucker1894

wart1896

so-and-so1897

swine-hound1899

motherfucker1918

S.O.B.1918

twat1922

mong1926

mucker1929

basket1936

cowson1936

zombie1936

meatball1937

shower1943

chickenshit1945

mugger1945

motherferyer1946

hooer1952

morpion1954

mother1955

mother-raper1959

louser1960

effer1961

salaud1962

gunk1964

scunge1967

1897 W. S. Maugham Liza of Lambeth iii. 42 ‘You little so-and-so!’ said Liza, somewhat inelegantly, making a dash at him.

1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings xii. 132 Some rigmarole about always finding the so-and-so hanging round his place and he wanted to have it out with him.

1943 Lafayette Alumnus (Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.) Nov. 5/1 Hiya, Joe, you old so-and-so, haven't seen you since that time, etc., etc.

1945 Penguin New Writing 26 55 I told 'em all that but they wouldn't listen, the ignorant soandsos.

1956 B. Goolden At Foot of Hills vi. 124 ‘He felt he oughtn't to leave his work.’ ‘Poor old so-and-so.’

1958 ‘A. Bridge’ Portuguese Escape i. 13 The Countess is a hard-baked, publicity-minded old So-and-so, with about as much consideration for other people as a sack of dried beans!

1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 107 It's not much good you staying out if some other so-and-so is going to work it, is there?

1973 Times 28 Nov. 13/5 The set [of an opera] is an absolute so-and-so to walk about on.

1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 9 ‘Hoping to get off early, lazy little so-and-so,’ said Norman.

B. adj.

1. Paltry, worthless; indifferent; poor in health or circumstances; so-so. Now dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]

unledeeOE

sorryOE

evila1131

usellc1175

wanlichec1275

bad1276

sorry1372

meana1375

caitiff1393

loddera1400

woefula1400

foulc1400

wretched1450

meschant?1473

unselc1480

peevisha1522

miser1542

scurvy?1577

forlorn1582

villainous1582

measled1596

lamented1611

thrallfula1618

despicable1635

deplorable1642

so-and-so1656

poorish1657

squalida1660

lamentable1676

mesquina1706

shan1714

execrable1738

quisby1807

hole in the wall1822

measly1847

bum1878

shag-bag1888

snidey1890

pathetic1900

1656 J. Desborough Let. 7 Jan. in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) IV. 396 I..acquainted him, that such of his bretherene..were soe and soe; and desired him..to advise them tacitly to resigne.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 119 You see..that I am your best friend still, though to be sure you are but so and so.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 131 You know the Doctor died but so and so, as to circumstances.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 124 So and so, used for so so, paltry, feeble.

2. euphemistic as a term of abuse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused

lousyc1386

greasya1529

mongrela1594

shake rotten1595

strummell-patch1600

thornbackly1605

toad-spotted1608

pissabed1643

shit-breeched1664

shit-breech1675

mole-catching1693

nine-eyed1694

poxya1758

cocksucking1872

bastard1877

motherfucking1890

son-of-a-bitching1902

so-and-so1929

mother-raping1932

zombie1937

chickenshit1940

pissy-arsed1940

bastarding1944

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

1929 E. Wallace Kennedy the Con Man iv, in Red Aces 173 ‘That's what we pay rates and taxes for, and no so-and-so policemen in sight!’ He did not say ‘so-and-so’, but Mr. Reeder thought his profanity was excusable.

1942 C. Himes in Crisis Oct. 314/2 You would..resume your discussion..on defense..or the F.B.I., or the ‘so and so’ owners of Lockheed, or that (unprintable) Aimee Semple McPherson.

1959 Listener 30 July 186/2 Some [clients] are good, some are indifferent, some are a so-and-so nuisance.

C. adv.

1. To a certain number or degree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > particular qualities > unspecified or indeterminate

so-and-so1631

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. xxix. 44 Papists..mumbling over so and so many times the Creed.

2. In a certain manner or way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in a certain way

so-and-so1653

thus and so1824

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 12 Thinking he might have improved it so and so, much better.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Seneca in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 420 Vertue and Vice are nothing else but the Soul so and so affected or modified.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 133 Things were so and so circumstantiated.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 33 Forewarning us,..that if we act so and so, we shall have such Enjoyments.

3. With only moderate prosperity, success, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb]

so-so1530

indifferently?c1550

meanly1550

colourlessly1572

indifferent1583

passable1591

passablya1610

nohow1779

so-soishly1842

so-and-so1844

monochromatically1890

serviceably1896

comme ci, comme ça1945

1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh ii. 41 ‘How's the coal trade gaun on?’ ‘Just so and so.’

4. As a mere intensive.

ΚΠ

1959 ‘A. Fraser’ High Tension v. 60 ‘Why can't Hugh help then? Or won't he?’ ‘Not so-and-so likely.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	so-and-so
释义	so-and-son.adj.adv. Forms: Also so and so, soandso. A. n. 1. An indefinite phrase (= ‘such a thing, person, number,’ etc.) used in place of a more lengthy statement, or as a substitute for an expression or name not exactly remembered or not requiring to be explicitly stated. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 (a) 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. F7^v So whylome didst thou to faire Florimell; And so and so to noble Britomart. View more context for this quotation 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 110 A deep Sleep shall come upon you, and you shall dream so and so. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 330 That..he must trust or believe..so and so, and do so and so in consequence. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 107 If you persevere in your uncivil intention, I will do so and so. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xxiv, in tr. Gaius Institutes 418 To that man..let my heir give so-and-so. (b)1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ii. 89 What's-his-name of this, and so-and-so of t'other.1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. x. 100 His London Agents were Messrs. So-and-so.1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 88 I've left most of them for the next time; but the So-and-so's..will be here.(c)1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 1 In the year one thousand eight hundred and so and so.1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. i. 2 Number so-and-so in such-and-such a street.1873 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive in Wks. VI. i. 46 Divine service will be ‘performed’..at so-and-so o'clock. 2. Used euphemistically as a term of abuse for a person (occasionally a thing). Also, with weakened force, as a term of affection. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused warlockOE swinec1175 beastc1225 wolf's-fista1300 avetrolc1300 congeonc1300 dirtc1300 slimec1315 snipec1325 lurdanc1330 misbegetc1330 sorrowa1350 shrew1362 jordan1377 wirlingc1390 frog?a1400 warianglea1400 wretcha1400 horcop14.. turdc1400 callet1415 lotterela1450 paddock?a1475 souter1478 chuff?a1500 langbain?c1500 cockatrice1508 sow1508 spink1508 wilrone1508 rook?a1513 streaker?a1513 dirt-dauber?1518 marmoset1523 babiona1529 poll-hatcheta1529 bear-wolf1542 misbegotten1546 pig1546 excrement1561 mamzer1562 chuff-cat1563 varlet1566 toada1568 mandrake1568 spider1568 rat1571 bull-beef1573 mole-catcher1573 suppository1573 curtal1578 spider-catcher1579 mongrela1585 roita1585 stickdirta1585 dogfish1589 Poor John1589 dog's facec1590 tar-boxa1592 baboon1592 pot-hunter1592 venom1592 porcupine1594 lick-fingers1595 mouldychaps1595 tripe1595 conundrum1596 fat-guts1598 thornback1599 land-rat1600 midriff1600 stinkardc1600 Tartar1600 tumbril1601 lobster1602 pilcher1602 windfucker?1602 stinker1607 hog rubber1611 shad1612 splay-foot1612 tim1612 whit1612 verdugo1616 renegado1622 fish-facea1625 flea-trapa1625 hound's head1633 mulligrub1633 nightmare1633 toad's-guts1634 bitch-baby1638 shagamuffin1642 shit-breech1648 shitabed1653 snite1653 pissabed1672 bastard1675 swab1687 tar-barrel1695 runt1699 fat-face1740 shit-sack1769 vagabond1842 shick-shack1847 soor1848 b1851 stink-pot1854 molie1871 pig-dog1871 schweinhund1871 wind-sucker1880 fucker1893 cocksucker1894 wart1896 so-and-so1897 swine-hound1899 motherfucker1918 S.O.B.1918 twat1922 mong1926 mucker1929 basket1936 cowson1936 zombie1936 meatball1937 shower1943 chickenshit1945 mugger1945 motherferyer1946 hooer1952 morpion1954 mother1955 mother-raper1959 louser1960 effer1961 salaud1962 gunk1964 scunge1967 1897 W. S. Maugham Liza of Lambeth iii. 42 ‘You little so-and-so!’ said Liza, somewhat inelegantly, making a dash at him. 1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings xii. 132 Some rigmarole about always finding the so-and-so hanging round his place and he wanted to have it out with him. 1943 Lafayette Alumnus (Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.) Nov. 5/1 Hiya, Joe, you old so-and-so, haven't seen you since that time, etc., etc. 1945 Penguin New Writing 26 55 I told 'em all that but they wouldn't listen, the ignorant soandsos. 1956 B. Goolden At Foot of Hills vi. 124 ‘He felt he oughtn't to leave his work.’ ‘Poor old so-and-so.’ 1958 ‘A. Bridge’ Portuguese Escape i. 13 The Countess is a hard-baked, publicity-minded old So-and-so, with about as much consideration for other people as a sack of dried beans! 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 107 It's not much good you staying out if some other so-and-so is going to work it, is there? 1973 Times 28 Nov. 13/5 The set [of an opera] is an absolute so-and-so to walk about on. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 9 ‘Hoping to get off early, lazy little so-and-so,’ said Norman. B. adj. 1. Paltry, worthless; indifferent; poor in health or circumstances; so-so. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 1656 J. Desborough Let. 7 Jan. in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) IV. 396 I..acquainted him, that such of his bretherene..were soe and soe; and desired him..to advise them tacitly to resigne. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 119 You see..that I am your best friend still, though to be sure you are but so and so. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 131 You know the Doctor died but so and so, as to circumstances. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 124 So and so, used for so so, paltry, feeble. 2. euphemistic as a term of abuse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused lousyc1386 greasya1529 mongrela1594 shake rotten1595 strummell-patch1600 thornbackly1605 toad-spotted1608 pissabed1643 shit-breeched1664 shit-breech1675 mole-catching1693 nine-eyed1694 poxya1758 cocksucking1872 bastard1877 motherfucking1890 son-of-a-bitching1902 so-and-so1929 mother-raping1932 zombie1937 chickenshit1940 pissy-arsed1940 bastarding1944 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 1929 E. Wallace Kennedy the Con Man iv, in Red Aces 173 ‘That's what we pay rates and taxes for, and no so-and-so policemen in sight!’ He did not say ‘so-and-so’, but Mr. Reeder thought his profanity was excusable. 1942 C. Himes in Crisis Oct. 314/2 You would..resume your discussion..on defense..or the F.B.I., or the ‘so and so’ owners of Lockheed, or that (unprintable) Aimee Semple McPherson. 1959 Listener 30 July 186/2 Some [clients] are good, some are indifferent, some are a so-and-so nuisance. C. adv. 1. To a certain number or degree. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > particular qualities > unspecified or indeterminate so-and-so1631 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. xxix. 44 Papists..mumbling over so and so many times the Creed. 2. In a certain manner or way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in a certain way so-and-so1653 thus and so1824 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 12 Thinking he might have improved it so and so, much better. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Seneca in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 420 Vertue and Vice are nothing else but the Soul so and so affected or modified. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 133 Things were so and so circumstantiated. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 33 Forewarning us,..that if we act so and so, we shall have such Enjoyments. 3. With only moderate prosperity, success, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb] so-so1530 indifferently?c1550 meanly1550 colourlessly1572 indifferent1583 passable1591 passablya1610 nohow1779 so-soishly1842 so-and-so1844 monochromatically1890 serviceably1896 comme ci, comme ça1945 1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh ii. 41 ‘How's the coal trade gaun on?’ ‘Just so and so.’ 4. As a mere intensive. ΚΠ 1959 ‘A. Fraser’ High Tension v. 60 ‘Why can't Hugh help then? Or won't he?’ ‘Not so-and-so likely.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.adv.1596
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