something or other

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something or other (uncountable)

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

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