Soz vs Woz - What's the difference?
soz | woz |
(slang, chiefly, British)
*1987 quoted in John Silverlight, More Words (Macmillan) p.53:
*:Examples are 'Kaz' , 'Shaz' , 'Baz' and Waz' for Karen, Sharon, Barry, and Warwick, and the latest, 'soz' for sorry.
*1996 "
*:I'd like to apologise, unreservedly, to pigs everywhere, but especially those on my farm [...] So Hermes pig collars all round to my herd and soz soz soz .
* 1999 .
* 2001, "Clarkee", "Soz Mick", alt.fan.scarecrow [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.scarecrow/browse_thread/thread/874698d0b3ae87f1/14d6af11d30b0f44?lnk=st&q=%22soz+for%22&rnum=4#14d6af11d30b0f44]
*:: Yes, God will give him a good kicking and he'll keep kicking until he busts into tears and says sorry for being a cunt to Micky.
* 2002, "*Patrick-Blue*", "Soz I Missed This (look) ??", alt.sports.soccer.everton [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sports.soccer.everton/browse_thread/thread/dd4c44b482f6c68e/7eb84e18346d39a4?lnk=st&q=%22soz+for%22&rnum=1#7eb84e18346d39a4]
* 2005 , (The Register) ,
* 2007, ">{daZza}<", "Wii info", alt.warez.uk [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.warez.uk/browse_thread/thread/eab5df08a4acafb3/f68ff6c24f8144f0?lnk=st&q=%22soz+for%22&rnum=1#f68ff6c24f8144f0]
Intentional or eye-dialect misspelling of was.
* {{quote-book, 1893, ,
, passage="You woz' saying," said the farmer, with slow, matter of fact, New England deliberation, "ez how you guessed you '''woz''' beguiled amongst the Injins by your Mexican partner, a pow'ful influential man, and yet you ' woz the only one escaped the gen'ral slarterin'. }}
* {{quote-book, 1894, , Discords
, passage='If she woz mine' - tapping a brick - 'I'd bash 'er 'ed in!'}}
* {{quote-book, 2002, , Country of the Blind, page=343
, passage=We woz robbed, Brian. }}
As an adjective soz
is Shortened form of sorry.As a verb woz is
intentional or eye-dialect misspelling of was.soz
English
Adjective
Dear Annie: Ready to wear" Independent on Sunday , 1 September 1996:
- I'm soz about what happened.
- yep...god will give him a good kicking and he'll keep kicking till he bursts into tears and sez soz for bin a cunt to Micky
- Soz for bringing it up again, but it is good to have a healthy attitude towards this..!!!!
articleheadline:
- U2 says soz for online snafu
- Does it auto update when the disc is inserted or will i get the option to ignore the update?¶ Or do i just DL pal games to be on the safe side?¶ Soz for all the questions but wanna make sure I get it right
Anagrams
* (l) ----woz
English
Verb
(head)Susy: A Story of the Plains
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