We need more so-and-soes posting here

@torunn said
For some reason that scene always moves me. I have seen the movie many times, as I do other good films, and I often feel the same sensation.

I seem more prone to shedding a tear at certain televisual or cinematic moments nowadays than I was 20, 30, or 40 years ago. Music too, sometimes.

@the-gravedigger said
More divers.
We had a girl diver on here a couple of years ago but she rapidly got bent out of shape under gentle questioning.

she rapidly got bent out of shape

This would have not been so easy if she'd been a gymnast rather than a diver.

@fmf said
It has been suggested: We need more psychiatrists posting on here.

We need more snake milkers posting here. They could remove some of the toxicity from the forum's venom glands.

@fmf said
It has been suggested: We need more psychiatrists posting on here.

Do we not need more purveyors of the Socratic method posting here?

"We need more so-and-soes [sic] posting here"

We already have too many "so-and-so's" posting here.


informal
a person who is disliked or is considered to have a particular characteristic, typically an unfavorable one.
"nosy old so-and-so!"

@fmf said
she rapidly got bent out of shape

This would have not been so easy if she'd been a gymnast rather than a diver.

She got the bends.

@suzianne said
"We need more so-and-soes [sic] posting here"

We already have too many "so-and-so's" posting here.


informal
a person who is disliked or is considered to have a particular characteristic, typically an unfavorable one.
"nosy old so-and-so!"

A so-and-so is also a person whose name does not need to be specified or is not known.

The idea of this thread is to replace "so-and-so" with various types of people.

The plural of so-and-so is not "so-and-so's", as you seem to think. Your error is a common one.

Word then apostrophe then s indicates the possessive. As in: "Is that so-and-so's car parked in my space" where the speaker cannot recall, at that moment, the name of the person he or she is referring to.

I wrote "so-and-soes" as the plural because I thought it was mildly funny.

@suzianne said
We already have too many "so-and-so's" posting here.

Now that you know the purpose of the thread, maybe you could contribute something lighthearted or satirical. No pressure to do so, though.

@fmf said
It has been suggested: We need more psychiatrists posting on here.

We need more postmodernists posting here so that they can contribute some metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, and intertextuality to the conversations or even start threads of that ilk.

@fmf said
A so-and-so is also a person whose name does not need to be specified or is not known.

The idea of this thread is to replace "so-and-so" with various types of people.

The plural of so-and-so is not "so-and-so's", as you seem to think. Your error is a common one.

Word then apostrophe then s indicates the possessive. As in: "Is that so-and-so's car parked in my space" w ...[text shortened]... she is referring to.

I wrote "so-and-soes" as the plural because I thought it was mildly funny.

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/so%E2%80%93and%E2%80%93so

so–and–so
/ˈsowənˌsoʊ/
noun
plural so–and–sos or so–and–so's /ˈsowənˌsoʊz/
informal
1
[noncount] — used when the name of a person is unknown or not important

She's always gossiping and telling people that so-and-so [=some person] is getting married or divorced or something.
Let's say Mr. So-and-so, who is related to you, asks to borrow $1,000. Would you give it to him?

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2
[count] : a rude or annoying person

He's an arrogant so-and-so.
I can't believe that stupid so-and-so got the job.

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It would be awesome if you could authenticate what you think an answer is before delivering it in a tsunami of scorn.

But suit yourself. Some people apparently like appearing ignorant.

@suzianne said
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/so%E2%80%93and%E2%80%93so

so–and–so
/ˈsowənˌsoʊ/
noun
plural so–and–sos or so–and–so's /ˈsowənˌsoʊz/
informal
1
[noncount] — used when the name of a person is unknown or not important

She's always gossiping and telling people that so-and-so [=some person] is getting married or divorced or something.
Let's say Mr. So ...[text shortened]... ing it in a tsunami of scorn.

But suit yourself. Some people apparently like appearing ignorant.

Are you opposed, on principle, to "tsunamis of scorn"?

@suzianne said
Some people apparently like appearing ignorant.

As I said, now that you know the purpose of this lighthearted thread, could you maybe contribute something in the spirit in which it was started? Of course, nobody can force you to enter into the spirit of things, so consider it a polite invitation.