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so-and-so artinya

si anu

so-and-so in Indonesian: si anu, si fulan. In English, so-and-so means a placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.

Indonesian words for so-and-so

placeholder name
si anu, si fulan

English meaning of so-and-so

  1. noun A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.
  2. noun Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc.

Full definition of so-and-so

so-and-so in a sentence

  • She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
  • Business letters normally begin "Dear Mr So-and-So".
  • He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.

so-and-so in other languages

Questions about so-and-so in Indonesian

What is the meaning of so-and-so in Indonesian?
So-and-so in Indonesian is si anu, si fulan.
Apa arti so-and-so?
So-and-so: si anu, si fulan.
What does so-and-so mean in English?
So-and-so means a placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: so-and-so (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Indonesian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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