"sos" meaning in English

See sos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /sɒs/ Forms: SoS [alternative]
  1. (Internet slang, humorous, nonce word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images. Tags: Internet, humorous, nonce-word Synonyms: joj, sus
    Sense id: en-sos-en-intj-en:YouTube_Poop_nonsense_word Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 26 entries, Pages with entries, YouTube Poop Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 26 entries: 11 6 3 4 16 3 3 5 4 3 26 1 1 9 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 4 2 2 18 2 2 3 3 2 30 1 1 10 1 3 Disambiguation of YouTube Poop: 99 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} sos
  1. plural of so Tags: form-of, plural Form of: so
    Sense id: en-sos-en-noun-Oj1wxkGF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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