sosh
/soʊʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /soʊʃ/
- British English: /səʊʃ/