something or other
A vague reference
Something or other is an indefinite placeholder for a thing you can't or won't specify precisely.
It signals vagueness, forgetfulness, or that the details don't matter: She said something or other about being late.
The phrase often dismisses triviality: He was complaining about something or other.
- this and thatUnspecified miscellaneous items
- whatRequesting clarification or repetition
- you know whatImplicit shared knowledge
- thingamajigPlaceholder for unnamed objects
- doohickeyPlaceholder word for objects
indefiniteness · vagueness · approximation · doodad · bits and pieces · odds and ends · whatchamacallit · gizmo · unknown · widget · indistinctness · haziness · imprecision · miscellaneous · what have you · ambiguity · nondescript · uncertainty
something or otherspecifically
In a precise manner
explicitly · namely · to wit · concretely
something or othernothing
Not any thing
nothing at all · not a thing · zilch · nada · zip
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