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Definition of Sob stuff
1. Noun. A sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sob Stuff
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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