bitch to get out of here, but fast. Look,
you son of a bitch. I’m going to paste you
one. 2. n. old buddy. (Used between close
male companions.) Why, you old son of
a bitch! How are you? Where you been
keeping yourself, you son of a bitch? 3.
exclam. Dammit! (Usually objectionable.
Usually Son of a bitch!) Look at that
place burn. Son of a bitch! Son of a
bitch! I didn’t even see that car pull out.son of a gun 1. n. a despicable person,
usually a male. (Euphemistic for son of
a bitch.) If that son of a gun thinks he
can boss me around like that, he’s got an-
other think coming. Some son of a gun
tried to sell me a used car with no engine.
- n. old buddy. You old son of a gun!
How are you? I went to school with this
son of a gun! He’s my old buddy. 3. ex-
clam. I am totally surprised!; I am
shocked! (Usually Son of a gun!) Son
of a gun! He did it! The thing just blew
up! Son of a gun!
sop 1. n. a drunkard; an alcoholic. What
does the old sop want, a handout? Give
the old sop a buck and tell him to beat it.
- tv. & in. to guzzle (liquor). Let’s go
out and do some serious sopping. Yo u’ v e
sopped booze long enough. Go home.
soph[sOf] n. a sophomore. The sophs are
holding a meeting to decide on a plan.
He’s just a soph, so he still might grow a
little.
sopping (wet) and soppymod. alcohol
intoxicated. (See also wet.) After about
six beers, Ralph found himself a little
soppy. He’s soused—you know, sopping
wet.
soppyGo to sopping (wet).
soremod. angry. Come on! Don’t get sore!
I was only kidding. She is one sore old
lady. You should give her teeth back.
sorehead 1. n. a grumpy person. (Also a
term of address.) She’s sort of a sore-
head right now. Wait a day or two and
then ask her. The boss is a sorehead, but
she’s all we have. 2. n. a poor loser.
Don’t be a sorehead. You knew what you’re
getting into. Some sorehead at the track
tried to punch a cashier.
sorry about that and sorry ’bout thatin-
terj. sorry; whoops. (A gross understate-
ment, said more as a self-deprecating joke
than as an apology.) You spill hot co-
coa on my coat, and all you can say is
“Sorry ’bout that”? When the passen-
ger stepped on my toe, she said, “Sorry
about that.”
sorry-ass(ed) 1. mod. sad and depressed.
(Usually objectionable.) Why do you
look so sorry-assed? Man, old Charlie
was about the most sorry-ass dude you ever
saw. 2. mod. worthless; poor quality.
(Usually objectionable.) This is really a
sorry-ass movie. I want my money back.
How much longer do I have to drive this
sorry-ass excuse for an automobile?
sorry ’bout thatGo to sorry about that.
sosh[soS] n. a (young female) socialite.
A young sosh in a beemer kept trying to get
around me. Tiffany looks like a sosh, but
she’s just a working girl.
so-so 1. mod. average; mediocre. It was
just so-so. Nothing to write home about.
I don’t need to pay $7.50 to see a so-so
movie. 2. mod. tipsy; alcohol intoxicated.
They were so-so after a while—in front
of the television with all that beer and
stuff. He’s so-so, but he can still
stand up.
sossledGo to sozzled.
(So,) sue me!tv. So, if you are so both-
ered or offended, take me into court and
sue me. (A way of saying There is noth-
ing you can do about it.) You don’t like
the way I talk? So, sue me!
So’s your old man!exclam. The same to
you!; Drop dead!(A catchphrase indi-
cating basic disagreement or hostility.)
BILL: You’re acting like an idiot! TOM:
So’s your old man! I don’t know what
you said, but so’s your old man!
(soul) brothern. a black person’s male,
black friend. Another brother took a fall
last night. Terry’s a soul brother, and I’ll
do anything for him.
soul kiss 1. n. a kiss where the kissers’
tongues interact; a French kiss. He
tried to give me a soul kiss, but I pulledsoul kiss