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
Bernard['bə:nəd]
NolaNO-ləEnglish, Irish
Trena-Macedonian
Bityah-Biblical Hebrew
Edmond-French
Dione[dai'əuni]