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- verb Present participle of
sod . - adjective mildly vulgar An intensifier.
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- adjective without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
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Examples
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Obama is just giving the Republicans a distraction to spend their political capital on — namely, striking contraceptives, STD prevention and Mall re-sodding from the bill — so that he and the Democrats can get on with the serious business of crafting a stimulus bill that work.
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Funnily enough, we have a new Portugese kid at our school who, surprise surprise, doesn't speak a sodding word of English.
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The main course is some kind of sodding macaroni with stew or potato with gravy.
openDemocracy 2010
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Conservative friends claim it will only pay for re-sodding the mall.
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If only they had left the funding for re-sodding the Mall in there. rmwarnick Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Steve Austria (R-OH) Doesn’t Know When the Depression Happened 2009
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You don't get to vote on the sodding boundary changes, they've already been pretty much guaranteed by being rushed through parliament tied to your precious AV bill.
Constitutional reform: Alternative currents | Editorial 2011
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No. The Republicans would prefer more sodding tax cuts.
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Do you actually think that without funding for re-sodding the National Mall, the stimulus package will fail?
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Do you actually think that without funding for re-sodding the National Mall, the stimulus package will fail?
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So they oppose the bill because obviously that is to much for a re-sodding job.
akmed13 commented on the word sodding
S: (adj) arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated (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".
Example (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer):
Spike: Buffy, Buffy, Buffy! Everywhere I turn she's there. That nasty little face. That fancy shampoo commercial hair. That whole sodding holier-than-thou attitude.
September 20, 2007
kewpid commented on the word sodding
bowdlerized form of fucking
September 21, 2007