Soy vs Soc - What's the difference?
soy | soc |
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. US preference is the term soy sauce .
* 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook , p381
Soybeans. Often used attributively.
(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science
(slang, countable) upper class youth
* 1967 , , The Outsiders , page 2:
(UK, legal, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(UK, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
(UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
As nouns the difference between soy and soc
is that soy is a chinese and japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water us preference is the term soy sauce while soc is .soy
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Alternative forms
* soyaNoun
(-)- I like a little soy with my rice.
- Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy , as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.
- These candles are made from soy .
- The soy crop is looking good this year.
Derived terms
* soy bean * soy milk * soy saucesoc
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Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- We get jumped by the Socs . I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
