sodding

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A gardener is laying fresh sodding on a new lawn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Used as an intensifier, often pejorative: A vulgar term used to add strong, usually negative, emphasis to a noun, expressing annoyance, anger, or frustration. It is synonymous with words like "damned" or "bloody."

Usage

• Function: Used attributively before a noun to intensify it.
• Register: Vulgar, informal, and often considered offensive. It is used for strong emotional expression, typically annoyance.
• Example: "It's a sodding nuisance!" (It's a very annoying nuisance!)

Examples

• Adjective:
  • I can't find my sodding keys anywhere! (Expresses strong frustration about the lost keys.)
  • He made a sodding mess of the kitchen. (Emphasizes that the mess is extremely bad or annoying.)
  • This sodding computer keeps crashing. (Shows great irritation with the computer.)

Advanced Usage

• As a standalone intensifier (less common): While typically used before a noun, it can occasionally be used for general emphasis in exclamations.
  • Oh, sodding hell! (A common exclamation of anger or frustration.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sod (noun/vulgar slang):
  • Noun: A term for an unpleasant or annoying person.

    • He's a miserable sod. (He is a miserable person.)
  • Verb (to sod off): A rude way to tell someone to go away.

    • Just sod off and leave me alone!

Synonyms

• Bloody (adj, adv, UK informal/vulgar): Used as an intensifier.
  • It's a bloody shame.
• Damned (adj, adv): Used for emphasis, especially in negative contexts.
  • He's a damned fool.
• Flaming (adj, informal): Used as an intensifier expressing anger.
  • Where are my flaming glasses?
• Bleeding (adj, adv, UK slang/vulgar): Used for emphasis.
  • Shut the bleeding door!

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs/Idioms)

• Sod all (idiom, UK vulgar slang): Nothing at all.
  • I know sod all about cars. (I know absolutely nothing about cars.)
• Sod's Law (idiom, UK informal): The idea that if something can go wrong, it will.
  • I was late, and of course, Sod's Law, the bus was early today.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   • an arrant fool
   • a complete coward
   • a consummate fool
   • a double-dyed villain
   • gross negligence
   • a perfect idiot
   • pure folly
   • what a sodding mess
   • stark staring mad
   • a thoroughgoing villain
   • utter nonsense
   • the unadulterated truth