“SOS” stands for “Save Our Ship,” but is more often used to describe a bad situation.

What does SOS mean?

The abbreviation “SOS” means “Save Our Ship,” but in slang terms, is often used to describe a really bad situation that someone wants to end. For example, “SOS, this relationship is going into the crapper!”

Examples and other meanings

• “SOS! This party stinks!”
  • Emotion: Inferring
  • Intention: In this message, the person trying to say that the party is bad and that it needs to be saved!
• “LOL, SOS, the food here…”
  • Emotion: Inferring
  • Intention: Just like the above, the abbreviation “SOS” can get used to infer something about any type of poor or bad experience.

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