# soss
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɒs/
* Rhymes: -ɒs

### Etymology 1

From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.

#### Alternative forms

* suss

#### Noun

soss (plural sosses)
* (UK, dialect) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

#### Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)
* (UK, dialect) To soil; to make dirty.

### Etymology 2

Compare souse.

#### Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)
* To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
** 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park:sossing in an easy chair
* To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
** May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, Journal to Stella – Letter 24
    the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way

#### Noun

soss (plural sosses)
* (obsolete) A lazy fellow.
* A heavy fall.
** 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven:wi a soss aboon the claiths Ilk ane their gifts down flang

### Etymology 3

Phonetic spelling of a clipping of sausage

#### Noun

soss (plural sosses)
* (slang) A sausage (food product).
** 2012, Carl Leckey, The Very, Very, Last Moa, page 28:"Where's Bozz? He never misses a soss sizzle."

#### Noun

soss (countable and uncountable, plural sosses)
* (rare) eye-dialect spelling of sauce

### References

* “soss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* OSS's, OSSs, SSOs

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German sus, from Old High German sus. Cognate with German sonst, Dutch zus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zos/
** Rhymes: -os

### Adverb

soss
* otherwise
* usually
* elsewhere

### Conjunction

soss
* otherwise, or else
    Du muss dech fläissen, soss verpass du den Zuch.You must hurry up, or else you will miss the train.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin socius. A clipping of various thence derived terms.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʊsː/

### Noun

soss m (definite singular sossen, indefinite plural sossar, definite plural sossane)
* clipping of sosietet
** (informal, uncountable) upper echelons of society, upper classes
*** 1986, Arild Dahl, “Mannen utan VG”, in Svevet over Haukeli, Oslo: Samlaget, page 87:Ute av døra registrerte han at minkpelsen sette seg inn i ein slik liten Mercedes som sossen køyrde rundt i no om dagen.Outside, he sat the mink coat sitting down in such a small Mercedes that the "soss" drive nowadays.
** (sometimes derogatory, countable) a person, usually an adolescent who is excessively preoccupied with expressing their social status by means of what they wear, e.g. expensive brands; a (young) snob
    Antonym: (dated) frikar
*** 1997, Kirsti Nordlie, Reiselivsarbeid, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 63:Punkarar skal ha ein spesiell utsjånad, sossar ein annan.Punkers have their appearance, "soss"-es another.
* (politics, informal) a socialist or social democrat
** 1976, Torolv Solheim, I solnedgangstider, Oslo: Samlaget, page 205:Det viser seg at der sossane har makta, er alt tenkeleg for å kvele fri ytring og politisk syn.Turns out that whereever the socialists are in power, anythink is thinkable to quell free expression and political viewpoint.
** 1950 May 16, “Sosialistfleirtalet i Sverige i fare?”, in Haugesunds avis, page 5:Når det gjeld tilhøvet mellom partia i Sverige, sa professor Ohlin at det dominerande trekket er sosialdemokratane sitt permanente frieri til Bondeförbundet og samstundes at F[o]lkpartiet er varg i veum for «sossane» (sosialistane).When it comes to the relationship between Sweden's political parties, professor Ohlin said that the dominant feature is the Socialist party's permanent proposal to the Farmers' League, and that the People's Party is an outcast to the socialists.

### See also

* sossegut
* sosse (Swedish)

### References

* “soss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.