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sodcast en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɒd.kɑːst/ (UK)
• /ˈsɒd.kæst/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From sod (“contemptible person”) + -cast, from broadcast. Possibly influenced by podcast.

Meanings

1. (UK, derogatory, neologism, slang) To play music on a mobile phone or other portable device in public, without regard for those around.
   • Unlike American gangsta rap, which was well-produced and cinematic and had an element of exotic remoteness, grime was always going to remind non-converts, people from outside the scene itself, of hooded youths on the top deck of buses sodcasting tinny music at top volume out of their mobiles. 2010 January 20, Simon Reynolds, “Simon Reynolds' Notes on the noughties: Grime and dubstep – a noise you could believe in”, in The Guardian:
   • Thou shalt not sodcast […] There’s a clear positive correlation between how awful music is and the likelihood of it being sodcasted - chewed-and-spat from a phone speaker; landing on your eardrums with all the clarity and soothing of mud splatter. 2014 September 22, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “Six steps to perfect mobile phone etiquette”, in The Guardian:
   • Rapper Giggs is said to be the most sodcasted artist, though quantifying this is very difficult. 2011 June 11, Alex Hudson, “Why do people play music in public through a phone?”, in BBC News:

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