what you are selling. I tried the soft sell,
but that didn’t work.soft soap 1. n. flattering talk; sweet talk.
I don’t mind a little soft soap. It won’t
affect what I do, though. Don’t waste my
time with soft soap. I know you don’t mean
it. 2. tv. to attempt to convince someone
(of something) by gentle persuasion.
We couldn’t soft soap her into it. Don’t
try to soft soap her. She’s an old battle-ax.
soft touch 1. n. a gentle way of handling
someone or something. Bess has a soft
touch and can bring both sides together.
Kelly lacks the kind of soft touch needed
for this kind of negotiation. 2. n. a gullible
person; a likely victim of a scheme.
John is a soft touch for a few bucks. Here
comes the perfect soft touch—a nerd with
a gleam in his eye.
software rotn. an imaginary disease that
causes computer programs to go bad
over a long period of time. (Computers.)
I guess software rot finally got to my
program! What you have here is not a
bug, but just plain old software rot.
softyGo to softie.
soggy[“sagi] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
The two old ladies got a little soggy, but
nothing uncouth. They weren’t sopping
wet, just soggy.
So gross!exclam. How disgusting! (Cali-
fornia.) He put chocolate syrup on his
pie! So gross! He’s barfing! So gross!
sold cober[“sold “kob#] mod. sober. (A
spoonerism on cold sober. Similar to
jober as a sudge.) What do you mean
drunk? Why, I’m sold cober. Ted is al-
ways as sold cober as the next guy.
soldier 1. n. a liquor bottle; an empty
liquor bottle. (See also dead soldier.)
Toss your soldier into the garbage, please.
There was a broken soldier on the f loor
and a cap on the table. 2. n. a whole to-
bacco cigarette. The old man almost fell
over trying to pick up the soldier from the
sidewalk. “Look, Jed. A soldier. My lucky
day!” said the old soak to his buddy.
sold on someone or somethingmod.
convinced of the value of someone or
something. I’m not yet sold on your
idea. The crowd was sold on Gary.
Nothing he had done or could do would
cool their enthusiasm.
solid 1. mod. good; great; cool. Man, this
music is solid! Listen to that solid beat.- mod. consecutive; consecutively.
Larry ate for four solid days. Then he
“had the f lu” for three days solid.
So long.interj. Good-bye. So long, see ya
later. It’s been good talking to you. So
long.
a somebody n. an important person.
(Compare this with nobody.) Aren’t
you a somebody? If she was somebody,
you wouldn’t have to ask.
someone or something from helln.
someone or something very intense, an-
noying, or challenging. (As if the person
or thing were a demon from hell.) She
is the nurse from hell and just loves to give
shots. I just came back from a cruise
from hell and have lots of horror stories to
tell about the trip. I worked for three
years at that job from hell, and I’m glad
to be out of it.
someone’s ass is grassphr. someone has
had it; It is the end for someone. Yo u
do that again, and your ass is grass! If
I don’t get there on time, my ass is grass.
some pumpkins and some punkinsmod.
someone or something great or special.
That chick is some punkins!
some punkinsGo to some pumpkins.
Something’s got to give.sent. Things can-
not go on like this.; The stalemate will
be broken. The pressure on me is get-
ting to be too much. Something’s got to
give. They keep arguing about money.
Something’s got to give.
So much for that.sent. That is all for that.
(Also in other variants as in the exam-
ples.) It’s gone, ruined, broken—so
much for that. He’s finished as a friend
of mine. So much for him! So much for
you! Good-bye!
son of a bitch 1. n. a despicable person,
usually a male. (Rude and derogatory.
Abbreviated SOB.) Tell that son of a
soft soap