From sociology.
soc (countable and uncountable, plural socs)
(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
(slang, countable) Upper class youth.
soc
(UK, legal, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(UK, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
(UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
• 'cos, CSO, Cos, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, co's, cos, cos.
Soc (plural Socs)
Alternative spelling of soc.
• 'cos, CSO, Cos, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, co's, cos, cos.
SoC (countable and uncountable, plural SoCs)
Alternative form of SOC
• 'cos, CSO, Cos, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, co's, cos, cos.
SOC (uncountable)
(electronics) Initialism of system on a chip.
(military) Initialism of special operations command.
(programming) Initialism of separation of concerns.
(broadcasting) Initialism of standard outcue.
• (military): SOCOM
• 'cos, CSO, Cos, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, co's, cos, cos.
Source: Wiktionary
Soc (sĂ´k), n. Etym: [AS. s the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf. Sac, and Soke.] [Written also sock, and soke.]
1. (O. Eng. Law) (a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. (b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grrinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. [Eng.] Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
