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soc - What does it mean?

Definition of 'soc'

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (slang|uncountable) Sociology or social science
  • (slang|countable) upper class youth
  • * 1967 , , The Outsiders , page 2:
  • 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.
    Alternative forms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * sock, soke

    Noun

  • (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.
  • Derived terms
    * soc and sac (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'soc'

    sic, sec, sac, saic