something something

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Noun[edit]

something something (plural something somethings)

  1. Alternative form of something-something
    • 1948, Jocelyn Pereira, A Distant Drum:
      The bloody something somethings.
    • 1962, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, London Magazine - Volume 2, page 30:
      'You big blanks,' Maidie yelled defiantly. 'You something somethings. I wasn't doing anything."
    • 2007, Janice Sims, Kim Louise, Natalie Dunbar, Can I Get an Amen Again, →ISBN, page 503:
      Gaby and Marcus whispered sweet something somethings in each other's ear, and kissed throughout the song.
    • 2008, Toriano Porter, The Pride of Park Avenue, →ISBN, page 106:
      "Well, DeDe, we kinda had a um — a um — you know. . . a little something something going on on the side."
    • 2010, Makayla Messam, Life After Death, →ISBN, page 8:
      He could have at least broke a sister off a little something something.
    • 2011, Lurea C. McFadden, Men Don't Leave: (they Get Put Out), →ISBN:
      I don't really pay rent, but I always leave a little 'something something' on Fridays just to let her know I care.
    • 2014, Shelia M. Goss, The Joneses, →ISBN, page 77:
      No need to get dressed. Since I'm here, we can do a little something something.”
    • 2014, Yvonne "YC" Coates, It Was Written All Over Their Faces: Ask Y, She Cried Uncle, →ISBN:
      Thank you to Cody Anderson who gave me the opportunity to do my own talk radio program. I had tried a little something something a few years earlier, and I also co-hosted the Matah Program along with Anthony Phillips and Norm Bond, before Cody gave me the green light to do my own thing.
    • 2014, Tia Ramirez, Mad Love: A Short Story, →ISBN, page 35:
      He wanted me to go so we could spend some downtime with each other, instead of trying to at school, but I told him I couldn't because I had a test to study for. Of course I was lying. I wanted to surprise him with a little something something.
    • 2015, C.K. Carr, Something Worth Having, page 12:
      "Yeah, well. That's the first time I've crossed a border with someone who might not be legally allowed to enter the country and the first time I did so not knowing if my travel companion had maybe packed a little something something in his bags.