Sodded vs Godded - What's the difference?
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(sod)
(uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
* Collins
Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
To cover with sod.
(British, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
(British, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; (often qualified with an adjective).
(UK, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
(transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
(transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
(obsolete) (seethe)
(obsolete) Boiled.
*, New York, 2001, p.223:
(Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
(Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
* 1954 , Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid'', quoted in Tom Burton, ''Words in Your Ear , Wakefield Press (1999), ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120:
(god)
A deity.
# A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers.
# A male deity.
#* 2002 , Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby :
# A supreme being; God.
An idol.
# A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
# Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
#* Bible, Phil. iii. 19
(metaphor) A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
An exceedingly handsome man.
* Wilfred Owen, Disabled (poem)
(Internet) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
* 1996 , Andy Eddy, Internet after hours
* 2003 , David Lojek, Emote to the Max (page 11)
* 1530 , , An aun?were vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue'' in ''The whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy Martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before ?cattered, & now in Print here exhibited to the Church (1573),
* 1900 , , "The Happy Man" in The Wild Knight and Other Poems :
To idolize.
* {{quote-book, 1608, (William Shakespeare), , section=Act V Scene III,
, passage=CORIOLANUS: This last old man, / Whom with a crack'd heart I have sent to Rome, / Loved me above the measure of a father; / Nay, godded me, indeed.}}
* a . 1866 , (Edward Bulwer Lytton), "Death and Sisyphus".
* 2001 , Conrad C. Fink, Sportswriting: The Lively Game , page 78
to deify
* 1595 , (Edmund Spenser), Colin Clouts Come Home Againe .
* 1951 , (Eric Voegelin), Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (1987), page 125
* 1956 , , Fritz Eichenberg, , page 241
As verbs the difference between sodded and godded
is that sodded is (sod) while godded is (god).sodded
English
Verb
(head)sod
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Etymology 1
(en)Noun
(-)- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
Verb
(sodd)- He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
Etymology 2
From sodomize, by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- You mean old sod !
- poor sod
- unlucky sod
Derived terms
* Sod’s lawInterjection
(en interjection)Verb
(sodd)- Sod''' him!'', '''''Sod''' it!'', '''''Sod that bastard!
Derived terms
* sod offEtymology 3
Originally a the past participle ((sodden)).Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod ,is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
- sod damper
Noun
(en noun)- And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod , so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.
Etymology 4
Anagrams
* ----godded
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*god
English
Noun
(wikipedia god) (en noun)- When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.
- The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.
- whose god is their belly
- Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods .
- Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.
- The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.
- The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods .
Usage notes
The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess.Synonyms
* (supernatural being with superior powers) deity, See alsoDerived terms
(terms derived from "god") * demigod * God * god-awful * god-child, godchild * goddam, goddamn * goddaughter * Goddess * goddess * godded * godding * godfather * god-fearing * god forbid * god-forsaken, godforsaken * God-given * godhead * godhood * god-king, god king * godless * godlike * godliness * godling * godly * godmother * God of the gaps * godparent * godsend * godship * godson * Godspeed * godward * household god * ungodlyProper noun
(en-proper-noun)page 271/2:
- Golgotha's ghastly trinity—
- Three persons and one god .
Verb
(godd)- To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
- "Godded him up" ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?
- Then got he bow and fhafts of gold and lead, / In which fo fell and puiflant he grew, / That Jove himfelfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.
- The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics
- "She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.