Meanings
sos1
- pluralplural of so
sos2
alternative SoS
- 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 20253 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, TumblrWhoa! 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
SOS3
- 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 2019At 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
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Secretary of State.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of special order sale.
SOS5
SOS6
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of shit on a shingle.
SOS7
- CommonwealthabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength.
Antonyms: TOS
SOs8
- pluralplural of SO
SoS9
- 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.
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.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
sos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sos
“sos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sos. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sos,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sos.
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