sos

noun

1. The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.

   “The crew sent a frantic SOS as they realised the scale of the disaster.”

   “"Look at wireless. Look at the S. O. S. call at sea. Is that not a benefit to mankind?"”

   “At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Secretary of State.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of special order sale.
4. (uncountable)A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of shit on a shingle.
6. (form-of, plural)plural of so
7. (form-of, plural)plural of SO

phrase

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, initialism)Initialism of slip on show: a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen.
2. (Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength.

intj

1. (Internet, humorous, nonce-word)A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

   “she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL”

   “Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.”

   “#the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos”

   “Whoa! What is Flelf [Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card] doing on the field? You know this is actually a retrain? The original card is called Sos.”

2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of sos.