something or other

idiom

—used when the specific details about something are not important or have been forgotten

He said he had to go buy something or other at the grocery store.

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Citrus wafts from the bathroom, a spicy something or other perfumes the living room, and pumpkin bread is the top note in the bedroom, with brownie and pecan pie on the menu later this week. —

Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024 Is there a quirky attraction here — the world’s first or biggest something or other? —

Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024 The real target of Greene and the other kooks is impeaching President Biden for something or other. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024 Some guy named Shohei Ohtani was in the news for something or other. —

Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024 There’s practically a whole genre of analysis devoted to arguing that people are actually right to feel bad about the economy because of something or other. —

Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024 Well, everybody on this planet will go through something or other. —

George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023 In the following stream-of-consciousness sections, this, that and the next thing flew by, peppered by something or other in the orchestra. —

Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023

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