SOB meanings and full forms
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- Son of a BitchSon of a Bitch, a vulgar insult in messages and quotations; distinguish the speaker’s words from a specific factual complaint.
- Shortness of BreathShortness of Breath in medical terms and clinical notes; preserve the stated status, negation and time.
- Source of BusinessSource of Business in hotel reporting and PMS records; compare purpose-of-stay and reservation-origin definitions before mapping categories.
- Crying with Catching BreathsThe ordinary word sob for crying, including noun and verb uses; use sentence grammar to distinguish it from SOB initialisms.
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AGSchweizerische Südostbahn AG in Swiss rail transport; distinguish company identity, service records and infrastructure measures.
- Souls on BoardSouls on Board in aviation and maritime records; distinguish people totals, passenger subtotals and timestamped snapshots.
- Hévíz-Balaton AirportHévíz-Balaton Airport in location-code records; retain the three- and four-letter fields and distinguish identity from flight availability.
- State-owned BanksState-owned Banks in historical banking research; retain group definitions, periods, counts and monetary units.
- Share of BusinessShare of Business in supplier and business records; distinguish units, spend and supplier-count denominators.
- Sabotage Organized BarbarianSabotage Organized Barbarian, the Japanese band S.O.B.; distinguish artist credits, release titles and dated event status.
- Standing on BusinessStanding on Business in attributed informal texting usage; preserve the writer’s context, tense and stated action.
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This page covers 11 currently published meanings of SOB. It is not an exhaustive list of every use. Suggest another documented meaning if the context you need is missing.