'cos

• cos
• coz

'cos

1. (British, dialectal and colloquial) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
   • 1989, Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, page 98:

     “I thought he was supposed to turn up. ’Cos of destiny.”

   • 1991, Alan Aldridge, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, lyrics of Taxman by The Beatles, page 69:

     Should five per cent appear too small, / Be thankful I don't take it all, / 'Cos I'm the Taxman, / Yeah, I'm the Taxman.

'cos (comparative more 'cos, superlative most 'cos)

1. (British, dialectal and colloquial) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

• “'cos, adv. & conj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• CSO, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.