So-called meaning in English

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Definition

so-called: alleged, supposed, known as adjective
This so-called "discount" you're offering is only 10 cents. I spent more than that on the petrol needed to get here!
  • "She'll be there at the end of the day, around 6:00 pm. I suggest that you clean up your so-called "love nest": champagne bottles, chocolates and mood music might give Miss Stake the wrong impression."
  • "We've been hearing rumors about a so-called "man in the moon"."
  • "The highest rates of weight gain per second were localized in the mid-west and the south (the so-called Fat Belt), however weight gain was steady from coast to coast, from California to New York."

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