Sass vs Soss - What's the difference?
sass | soss |
(US) sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.
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(US) To talk, to talk back.
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(UK, dialect) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
As nouns the difference between sass and soss
is that sass is sarcasm, backtalk, cheek while soss is anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.As verbs the difference between sass and soss
is that sass is to talk, to talk back while soss is to fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.sass
English
Noun
(-)- “Say — if you give me much more of your sass I’ll take and bounce a rock off’n your head.”
- “Looky here — mind how you talk to me; I’m a-standing about all I can stand now — so don’t gimme no sass .”
Derived terms
* sassyVerb
(es)- “The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back, and the minute they was fairly at it I lit out and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer, for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again.”
- “But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”
soss
English
Etymology 1
See sesspoll.Noun
(es)Etymology 2
Compare souse.Verb
(es)- (Jonathan Swift)
- (Jonathan Swift)
