How do you pronounce so-so?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/.

Where does so-so come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/

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Frequency: 6.22 in modern English

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adv

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"The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so."
"[I]n ſome Iriſh Houſes, vvhere things are ſo-ſo, / One Gammon of Bacon hangs up for a ſhow; […]"
"He [Robert Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty."
"He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not."

From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).

so-soish

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