Definition of Sob stuff

1. Noun. A sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy.

Exact synonyms: Sob Story
Generic synonyms: Narration, Narrative, Story, Tale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sob Stuff

soaraway
soare
soared
soarer
soarers
soares
soaring
soaringly
soarings
soars
soaves
sob
sob sister
sob stories
sob story
sob stuff (current term)
soba
sobas
sobbed
sobber
sobbers
sobbing
sobbingly
sobbings
sobby
sobeit
sober
sober as a judge
sober up
sobered

Literary usage of Sob stuff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Language for Men of Affairs (1920)
"Heart-Throb and sob stuff The use of the heart-throb is well known to the short-story writer. No reason exists why the copy-writer should not use a similar ..."

2. Mailbag (1918)
"He had made a success of writing sentimental sob stuff to a list of working ... Eliminated the sob stuff and prepared a short and to-the-point letter giving ..."

3. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"Sad stuff, sob stuff, dreary stuff! He made the mistake of writing about Newport and "The 400" when he should have written about Times Square and "The ..."

4. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"Sad stuff, sob stuff, dreary stuff! He made the mistake of writing about Newport and "The 400" when he should have written about Times Square and "The ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1921)
"... was too frequently the "brass band" sort, with a repertory of anecdotes, able usually to "wave the flag" grandiloquently or "dope out sob-stuff. ..."

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