Meanings
alternative something or another · alternative something or the other
- uncountableSomething unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial.
The advert was on about something or other having to do with skin care, and looking your best, and emptying your wallet into their company's coffers, and so on.
3 more examples
John has a something-or-other in his side but he might have to be operated on.
1965 February 26, Lou Sullivan, DiaryMany 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
2000, Charles T. Canady, Proposals for Electoral College ReformElizabeth said his name was Perry something or other, and he sang about temptation.
2005, Bill Hunt, The Last Witness from a Dirt Road
Translations
Bengali কিছু না কিছু
- কিছু না কিছু (kichu na kichu)something unspecified or indeterminate
Danish et eller andet
- et eller andetsomething unspecified or indeterminate
Esperanto io aŭ alio
- io aŭ aliosomething unspecified or indeterminate
Hindi कुछ न कुछ
- कुछ न कुछ (kuch na kuch)something unspecified or indeterminate
Japanese なんとかかんとか
- なんとかかんとか (nantokakantoka)something unspecified or indeterminate
Polish coś tam
- coś tamsomething unspecified or indeterminate
Russian то и́ли друго́е
- то и́ли друго́е (to íli drugóje)something unspecified or indeterminate
Urdu کچھ نا کچھ
- کچھ نا کچھ (kuch na kuch)something unspecified or indeterminate
Cite this entry
something or other. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/something%20or%20other
“something or other.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/something%20or%20other. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “something or other,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/something%20or%20other.
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