核心畫面

One way to picture so-and-so: a blank left in a sentence where a word should be. The speaker knows exactly what belongs there, takes it out, and props this word up in the gap instead. What gets taken out can be a name, or it can be a swear word — either way the listener can see the shape of the hole.

so-and-so 可以想成句子裡一個被空出來的格子。本來該放進去的那個字被拿走了,位置還留著。拿走的可能是一個名字更多收起so-and-so 可以想成句子裡一個被空出來的格子。本來該放進去的那個字被拿走了,位置還留著。拿走的可能是一個名字,也可能是一個不方便講出口的髒話。聽的人知道那裡有東西,只是沒被說出來。兩個意思的差別,就在於被拿掉的是哪一種字。

One branch

被拿掉的那個字

兩個意思共用同一個空格,差別只在被收起來的是名字,還是髒話。

noun · B2

Used in the place of a person's name, or the name of a thing, when you do not say which one — because it does not matter, because you cannot remember it, or because you would rather not say it.

某某(人/事)