I. sod 1 /sɒd $ sɑːd/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; Origin: Middle Low German sode ]
1 . [countable] British English informal not polite a very offensive word for someone, especially a man, who you think is stupid or annoying:
Get up, you lazy sod!
2 . be a sod British English informal not polite to be very difficult to do or deal with:
That door’s a sod to open.
3 . [countable usually singular] British English informal not polite used to refer to a person:
The poor sod's wife left him.
You lucky sod!
4 . not give/care a sod British English spoken not polite to not care at all about something:
I don’t give a sod who it is!
5 . [uncountable and countable] a piece of earth or the layer of earth with grass and roots growing in it
II. sod 2 BrE AmE verb British English spoken not polite
1 . sod it/that used to rudely express anger or annoyance at something or someone:
Sod it, I’ve missed the train.
2 . [transitive only in imperative or infinitive] used to say rudely that something is not important:
Sod the job, I’m going home.
3 . sod off an offensive way of telling someone to go away