Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
intj
A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous, nonce-word
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Synonyms: joj, sus
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Alternative letter-case form of sos.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of Secretary of State.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of special order sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: games
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noun
Initialism of shit on a shingle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
plural of so
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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phrase
Initialism of slip on show: a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, initialism
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phrase
Initialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: TOS
noun
an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distress signal, distress call
History
From interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters. It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "save our ship", or any other phrase.
