soz

See also: sóz and söz

English

Etymology

Shortening. Documented since at least the 1980s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɒz/

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Interjection

soz

1. (slang, chiefly Britain) Shortened form of sorry.
   • 1996 "Dear Annie: Ready to wear" Independent on Sunday, 1 September 1996:

     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 Henry Portrait and Ally Welles in Season 1, Episode 5 of The League of Gentlemen.

     I'm soz about what happened.

   • 2001, "Clarkee", "Soz Mick", alt.fan.scarecrow [1]

     yep...god will give him a good kicking and he'll keep kicking till he bursts into tears and sez soz for bin a cunt to Micky

     Yes, God will give him a good kicking and he'll keep kicking until he busts into tears and says sorry for being a cunt to Micky.

   • 2002, "*Patrick-Blue*", "Soz I Missed This (look) ??", alt.sports.soccer.everton [2]

     Soz for bringing it up again, but it is good to have a healthy attitude towards this..!!!!

   • 2005, The Register, article headline:

     U2 says soz for online snafu

   • 2007, ">{daZza}<", "Wii info", alt.warez.uk [3]

     Does it auto update when the disc is inserted or will i get the option to ignore the update?¶ Or do i just DL pal games to be on the safe side?¶ Soz for all the questions but wanna make sure I get it right

Anagrams

• Zos, ozs, zos