soz

Rhotacism of sorry; sorry +‎ -z. Documented since at least 1987.^[1] Compare appaz (“apparently”), tomoz (“tomorrow”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɒz/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒz

soz

1. (slang, chiefly UK or Internet) Synonym of sorry.
   • 1996 September 1, “Dear Annie: Ready to wear”, in Independent on Sunday‎^[1]:

     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, “Love Comes to Royston Vasey”, in The League of Gentlemen, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Henry Portrait and Ally Welles:

     I'm soz about what happened.

   • 2001, Jocyber, “Morning'”, in alt.fan.scarecrow‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Soz Mike, I thought you were showing me a fool proof way of going xna

   • 2002, *Patrick-Blue*, “Soz I Missed This (look) ??”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Soz for bringing it up again, but it is good to have a healthy attitude towards this..!!!!

   • 2005 February 7, John Oates, “U2 says soz for online snafu”, in The Register‎^[4]:

     U2 says soz for online snafu [title]

   • 2007, >{daZza}<, “Wii info”, in alt.warez.uk‎^[5] (Usenet):

     Does it auto update when the disc is inserted or will i^[sic] get the option to ignore the update?¶ Or do i^[sic] just DL pal games to be on the safe side?¶ Soz for all the questions but wanna make sure I get it right

   • 2020 August 10, Michael Cusack, “Maddison's Birthday Party” (7:43 from the start), in YOLO: Crystal Fantasy‎^[6], season 1, episode 1, spoken by Maddison (Naomi Higgins):

     “Soz, babe, I should probably mingle and talk to more people. It was so nice to see you, though.” “Ok, maybe we can catch up soon.” “Yeah, I don't know. I'm really busy lately. So, like, yeah, I don't know. Uh, say his to Sarah for me. though.”

• Zos, ozs, zos

Inherited from Latin subtus.

• (classical) IPA^(key): /sut͡s/
• (late) IPA^(key): /sus/

soz

1. under

• Middle French: soubs
  • French: sous
• Norman: souôs

• “soz”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.