or something

English

Alternative forms

• or anything (when used with a negative)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Phrase

or something

1. (idiomatic) Or something like that. Used to indicate the possibility that the preceding word or phrase is vague or not exactly correct in its applicability.

   I think she's a lawyer or something.

   What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill us or something?

   It's not like I hate parks or something; I just think it's too cold outside today.

   • 2010, Belle de Jour, Playing the Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     So basically sexperts are reporters about sex, rather than sex professionals. Or something.

Translations

or something like that

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 之類的／之类的 (zhīlèi de), 什麼的／什么的 (zh) (shénme de)

• Dutch: of zo (nl), of zoiets
• Finnish: tai jotain
• German: oder so
• Hungarian: vagy ilyesmi, vagy olyasmi
• Italian: o giù di lì
• Japanese: でも (ja) (demo)
• Polish: czy coś takiego
• Russian: и́ли что́-то в э́том ро́де (íli štó-to v étom róde), что́ ли (ru) (štó li) (in a rhetorical question)
• Turkish: falan (tr)

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