sos

S1O1S1
/sɒs/UK/ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/US/ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/

interjection

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.

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

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Meanings

sos1

noun
  1. pluralplural of so

sos2

interjection

alternative SoS

  1. Internethumorousnonce wordA 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

    2023 January 28, brucebocchi, “Archived copy”, in Tumblr, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2025
    3 more examples

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

    2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr

    #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos

    2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr

    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.

    2025 January 31, Joseph Rothschild, “A THOUSAND DIFFERENT PATHS TO MID - Dueltaining”, in YouTube

    Synonyms: joj, sus

SOS3

nounSOS (plural SOS's or SOSes)

plural SOS's · plural SOSes

  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.

    2 more examples

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

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

    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.

    2016 August 11, “Chinese fishing boat collides with Greek freighter near Senkakus, 6 rescued”, in The Mainichi, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2016

SOS4

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Secretary of State.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of special order sale.
phrase
  1. abbreviationcolloquialinitialismInitialism of slip on show: a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen.

SOS5

nounSOS (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegamesA 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.

SOS6

nounSOS (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of shit on a shingle.

SOS7

phrase
  1. CommonwealthabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength.

    Antonyms: TOS

SOs8

noun
  1. pluralplural of SO

SoS9

interjection
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sos.

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionA 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.

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Origin

From interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters. It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "save our ship", or any other phrase.

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Cite this entry
APA

sos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sos

MLA

“sos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sos. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sos,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sos.

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