I always thought it just mean sh** outta luck. But turns out I was wrong. I was bored today and decided to google it, and I found a whole list of things that s-o-l stood for. I gotta say, some of them made me chuckle.
Here's what I found:
Sadly Outta Luck (polite form)
Solution
Serial Over LAN (Local Area Network; computer science)
Solicitation
Soluble (chemistry)
Scandinavia Online
Standards Of Learning
Sooner Or Later
Solenoid
Statue of Liberty (New York City)
Summer of Love
Statute of Limitations (legal term)
Statute of Limitations
Speed of Light
Standard of Living
Soleus (muscle)
SuperOnline (ISP)
Signs of Life (Steven Curtis Chapman album)
Society for Organizational Learning
Office of the Solicitor (US Department of Labor)
Solomon Airlines (ICAO code)
Secretary of Labor
Seasons of Love (movie)
Skilled Occupation List (Australia)
Source of Light (Miami, Florida rock band)
Sons of Liberty
Satellite Of Love
Solola (Guatemala territorial division)
Suda on Line
Sanctity of Life
Scotland Online
Simulation Oriented Language
Shout Out Loud (internet chat)
Service d'Ordre Legionnaire (French force in WWII)
Space-Occupying Lesion (medical)
Symphony of Light (Online Gaming Community)
Shadows of Luclin (Everquest expansion)
Start of Life
Simply Out of Luck (polite form)
Service Opportunities in Leadership
Scenario Overlay (gaming, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter PS2)
Shoot-Out Loss
System Operating Limit (North American Electric Reliability Council)
Solutions in Organisations Linkup
Seal of Light (gaming, world of warcraft)
Semantic Operating Language
Small Out-Line Integrated Circuit
Survive Outdoors Longer (Adventure Medical Survival Pak)
Standards of Law
Standards Of Leadership
System Off Line
Shipowner's Liability
Smile Out Loud
Struck Out Looking (baseball)
Stuff Outta Luck (polite form)
Sorta Outta Luck
Special Olympics Louisiana
Short On Landing
Sobbing Out Loud
Sockolet (pipe fitting)
Samurai of Legend
Short on Luck
Somewhat Out of Luck
Static on Line
Standard Operating Level (electronics)
Swear Out Loud
Subculture of Live (fan club for the band Live)
Saudi On Line
Stoked on Life Productions
Statement of Liability
Sistema de Operaciones en Linea (Peru)
Sequence Order List
Stricken Off Leave (legal)
Sighthounds on the Lam
Software Object Library
Second-Order Closed Loop
Synchronous On-Line (curriculum)
Shazzam - Outta Luck (Gomer Pyle polite form)
Soul of Lineage (game)
Scottish Omnibuses Ltd
Seafarer's Open Learning System
Stricken on Leave
Stoppages of Off & Leave
Yea... So the next time you begin to say s-o-l, think about what your really saying.
This public service announcement has been provided by: JPsAccordSE
Oh, by the way, if anyone find some strange meanings to popular acrynoms, post them up!
Here's what I found:
Sadly Outta Luck (polite form)
Solution
Serial Over LAN (Local Area Network; computer science)
Solicitation
Soluble (chemistry)
Scandinavia Online
Standards Of Learning
Sooner Or Later
Solenoid
Statue of Liberty (New York City)
Summer of Love
Statute of Limitations (legal term)
Statute of Limitations
Speed of Light
Standard of Living
Soleus (muscle)
SuperOnline (ISP)
Signs of Life (Steven Curtis Chapman album)
Society for Organizational Learning
Office of the Solicitor (US Department of Labor)
Solomon Airlines (ICAO code)
Secretary of Labor
Seasons of Love (movie)
Skilled Occupation List (Australia)
Source of Light (Miami, Florida rock band)
Sons of Liberty
Satellite Of Love
Solola (Guatemala territorial division)
Suda on Line
Sanctity of Life
Scotland Online
Simulation Oriented Language
Shout Out Loud (internet chat)
Service d'Ordre Legionnaire (French force in WWII)
Space-Occupying Lesion (medical)
Symphony of Light (Online Gaming Community)
Shadows of Luclin (Everquest expansion)
Start of Life
Simply Out of Luck (polite form)
Service Opportunities in Leadership
Scenario Overlay (gaming, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter PS2)
Shoot-Out Loss
System Operating Limit (North American Electric Reliability Council)
Solutions in Organisations Linkup
Seal of Light (gaming, world of warcraft)
Semantic Operating Language
Small Out-Line Integrated Circuit
Survive Outdoors Longer (Adventure Medical Survival Pak)
Standards of Law
Standards Of Leadership
System Off Line
Shipowner's Liability
Smile Out Loud
Struck Out Looking (baseball)
Stuff Outta Luck (polite form)
Sorta Outta Luck
Special Olympics Louisiana
Short On Landing
Sobbing Out Loud
Sockolet (pipe fitting)
Samurai of Legend
Short on Luck
Somewhat Out of Luck
Static on Line
Standard Operating Level (electronics)
Swear Out Loud
Subculture of Live (fan club for the band Live)
Saudi On Line
Stoked on Life Productions
Statement of Liability
Sistema de Operaciones en Linea (Peru)
Sequence Order List
Stricken Off Leave (legal)
Sighthounds on the Lam
Software Object Library
Second-Order Closed Loop
Synchronous On-Line (curriculum)
Shazzam - Outta Luck (Gomer Pyle polite form)
Soul of Lineage (game)
Scottish Omnibuses Ltd
Seafarer's Open Learning System
Stricken on Leave
Stoppages of Off & Leave
Yea... So the next time you begin to say s-o-l, think about what your really saying.
This public service announcement has been provided by: JPsAccordSE
Oh, by the way, if anyone find some strange meanings to popular acrynoms, post them up!
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