something or other

English

Noun

something or other (uncountable)

1. Something unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial.

   The advert was on about something or other having to do with skin care, and looking your best, and emptying your wallet into their company's coffers, and so on.

   • 2000, Charles T. Canady, Proposals for Electoral College Reform:

     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

   • 2005, Bill Hunt, The Last Witness from a Dirt Road:

     Elizabeth said his name was Perry something or other, and he sang about temptation.

Translations

something unspecified or indeterminate

• Bengali: কিছু না কিছু (bn) (kichu na kichu)
• Danish: et eller andet
• Esperanto: io aŭ alio
• Hindi: कुछ न कुछ (kuch na kuch)
• Japanese: なんとかかんとか (nantokakantoka)
• Polish: coś tam n
• Russian: то и́ли друго́е (to íli drugóje)
• Urdu: کچھ نا کچھ (kuch na kuch)

See also

• so-and-so
• some something or other
• such-and-such