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sosh
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s???/
- (US) IPA(key): /so??/
Etymology 1
Noun
sosh (plural soshes)
- (slang) Abbreviation of various terms beginning "social"; used especially in compound terms.
- In Hoover's second year there rose a prophet of the "barbs" or non-fraternity men whose appropriate name was Zion. His constant tilting against things as they are gave him the nickname of "Sosh" short for Socialist.
- This, more than anything else, was the true sign of a high school social climber known as the “sosh.” The teeth-baring sosh (long o) began as a glimmer in the eye.
- Both had taught at different times in the Military Academy's Social Sciences Department […] “Sosh,” as the academic department was called […]
- In the face of Reid's prominent ‘anti-Sosh’ campaign (in reality an attempt to wedge Deakin's supporters), Labor held its ground in the 1906 election […]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sosh.
- (slang) A social security number.
- He handed her a paper with Erik Last's DOB and Visa card number. "This guy wouldn't give me his sosh." His social security number.
Etymology 2
Short for association store.
Noun
sosh (plural soshes)
- (Scotland, slang) A co-op.
- Weddings were celebrated among the Auld Lichts by showers of ha'pence, .... Willie Todd, the best man, ... slipped through the back window ... and making a bolt for it to the "'Sosh," was back in a moment with a handful of small change.
Barrie's usage is annotated in Hammerton, cited below.
- Weddings were celebrated among the Auld Lichts by showers of ha'pence, .... Willie Todd, the best man, ... slipped through the back window ... and making a bolt for it to the "'Sosh," was back in a moment with a handful of small change.
- An' as I thocht that a wee hair o' pepper would help to gie the gruel a gude flavour, I opened ane o' the wee bits o' pockies that had been brocht by Marget on the Saturday frae the Sosh an' put in a grain o' its contents.
- Maggie, rin you to the sosh for a peck o' saut.
- In many Scottish villages, the Co-operative Store is known as the “Sosh[.]”
References
- Joseph Wright, editor (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume R-S, page 625
- (Entry on sosh, including verbal and adverbial meanings.)
Anagrams
- Hoss, Sohs, hoss, shos, sohs
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soph
English
Etymology 1
Noun
soph (plural sophs)
- Clipping of sophomore.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:soph.
Etymology 2
Noun
soph (plural sophs)
- (dated) Clipping of sophister. (in academic sense)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:soph.
References
- soph in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “soph”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- "soph" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
Anagrams
- Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, hops, hosp, phos, posh, shop
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