so-called

adjectif

1. 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. 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.