soz
See also: sóz and söz
English
Etymology
Rhotacism of sorry; sorry + -z. Documented since at least 1987.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɒz/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒz
Interjection
soz
- (slang, chiefly Britain or Internet) Shortened form of sorry.
- 1996 September 1, “Dear Annie: Ready to wear”, in Independent on Sunday:
- I'd like to apologise, unreservedly, to pigs everywhere, but especially those on my farm […] So Hermes pig collars all round to my herd and soz soz soz.
- 1999, “Love Comes to Royston Vasey”, in The League of Gentlemen, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Henry Portrait and Ally Welles:
- I'm soz about what happened.
- 2001, Jocyber, “Morning'”, in alt.fan.scarecrow, Usenet:
- Soz Mike, I thought you were showing me a fool proof way of going xna
- 2002, *Patrick-Blue*, “Soz I Missed This (look) ??”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton, Usenet:
- Soz for bringing it up again, but it is good to have a healthy attitude towards this..!!!!
- 2005 February 7, John Oates, “U2 says soz for online snafu”, in The Register:
- U2 says soz for online snafu [title]
- 2007, >{daZza}<, “Wii info”, in alt.warez.uk, Usenet:
- Does it auto update when the disc is inserted or will i[sic] get the option to ignore the update?¶ Or do i[sic] just DL pal games to be on the safe side?¶ Soz for all the questions but wanna make sure I get it right
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References
- John Silverlight (1987) More Words, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 53: “Examples are 'Kaz', 'Shaz', 'Baz' and Waz' for Karen, Sharon, Barry, and Warwick, and the latest, 'soz' for sorry.”
Anagrams
- Zos, ozs, zos