sod in English: A British word for a person, said with either anger or pity, and a mild curse on its own. Softer than it looks: "poor sod" is sympathy, not an insult. Medium strength when it is aimed at somebody. Recognise it, do not use it. (noun)

Translation

A British word for a person, said with either anger or pity, and a mild curse on its own. Softer than it looks: "poor sod" is sympathy, not an insult. Medium strength when it is aimed at somebody. Recognise it, do not use it.

Word origin

A shortening of "sodomite", though almost no British speaker hears that meaning in it any more.

Origin: English
Root: sodomite

Examples

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"Sod it" means "I give up on this".

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Here "sod" only means "person", and the speaker feels sorry for him.

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"Sod off" means "go away", and there is real anger behind it.

Related words

bugger

A British word, said most often on its own when something goes wrong, and also used to mean "person", warmly or crossly. Its old literal sense is far stronger than the mild, almost fond way people use it today. Recognise it, do not use it.

person

A single human being, such as a man, woman, or child.

angry

Feeling very cross because something is wrong or unfair.

rude

Not kind or polite; speaking or acting in a way that upsets other people.

sorry

Feeling sad about something you did wrong or about something bad that happened.

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Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000

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