Early in the movie, one of the military guys says someone will be "S.O.L" The only defintion of that that I know is "Sh*t outta luck". I was surprised to hear it in a 1932 movie. I know this is pre-code but I still would not have thought it acceptable. I wonder does anyone know if there is a "clean" definition of S.O.L that I'm not aware of?
shareInteresting. I think you are right that S.O.L. means what you said.
shareI think thats why S.O.L. was invented - same thing with SNAFU, FUBAR, and TARFU. It was clean, at least as far as the uninitiated knew...
shareI was surprised when I heard that too. Not that it wasn't censored, but that the expression existed in 1932.
shareI think back then it might have meant "So out of Luck", which now has changed to "S**t out of luck".
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It means "Sold on Love", with whatever they are talking to.
No, it doesn't. It means exactly what the original poster said.
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Not to mention "Sold on Love" makes absolutely no sense whatsoever in regards to the context in which the phrase is used in the movie.
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