so-called

adjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈsəʊˌkɔːld//
United States//ˈsoʊˌkɔld//

So named; commonly called.

adjective

1
So named; commonly called.
the so-called Ising mode
About 200 guests were invited and entertained to lunch in the so-called booking hall at Waterloo; the contractors, Spiers & Pond Limited, were much praised for organising the repast, with attendant cloak room facilities, so well in such unfavourable surroundings.
Another Canadian example is that of the so-called Halfback Program initiated in the province of Ontario. With this scheme state lottery tickets with which no prizes are won retain 50% of the value of their initial cost […]
... I hadn't met any straight women at the gay bars — a few so called "fag hags" fraternizing with the boys, of course, but ...
2
Commonly called by such a name, but false or unfitting.
These so-called "assistants" are making our jobs harder, not easier!
[…]dawdling away the hours in the Park as if all the world and its millions of honest hard workers were created solely for the casual diversion of the so-called 'upper' classes,[…]
So-called Orthodox synagogues who organized mixed dances in order to raise money for various causes.

Etymology

From so + called.

Snug · A suburb of the Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough…so · As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due…So · A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.

so-called · So named; commonly called.

so-so · Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.soak · To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.soaked · Drenched with water, or other liquid.

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