sod

sod
sod1 [sɔd US sa:d] n
[Date: 1400-1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: Middle Low German sode]
1.) BrE informal not polite a very offensive word for someone, especially a man, who you think is stupid or annoying
▪ Get up, you lazy sod!
2.) be a sod
BrE informal not polite to be very difficult to do or deal with
▪ That door's a sod to open.
3.) [C usually singular] BrE informal not polite used to refer to a person
▪ The poor sod 's wife left him.
▪ You lucky sod!
4.) not give/care a sod
BrE spoken not polite to not care at all about something
▪ I don't give a sod who it is!
5.) [U and C]
a piece of earth or the layer of earth with grass and roots growing in it
sod 2
sod2 v [T only in imperative or infinitive] BrE spoken not polite
1.) sod it/that
used to rudely express anger or annoyance at something or someone
▪ Sod it, I've missed the train.
2.) used to say rudely that something is not important
▪ Sod the job, I'm going home.
3.) sod off
an offensive way of telling someone to go away

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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