so-called



so-called

1. A phrase used to emphasize that a name or term for someone or something is commonly used. Next, we'll be reading the so-called master of English literature, William Shakespeare.
2. A phrase used to indicate the speaker's doubt about the appropriateness of the term being used to describe a person or thing. Oh, now my so-called best friend calls me. Where was she three weeks ago when I was in the hospital? My so-called smartphone has suddenly lost all ability to send a text.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MerlinMUR-lin (English)Arthurian Romance, English
Samo-Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Jagannath-Indian, Hindi
Eastmund-Anglo-Saxon
LisbethLEES-betGerman
Aseneth-Biblical Latin