sop

name

1. Initialism of State of Palestine.

noun

1. Initialism of sex on or over the phone.
2. Initialism of standard operating procedure.
3. Initialism of start of production.
4. Initialism of setting-out point.
5. Initialism of system/systems of provision.

   “As Lockie and Kitto (2000: 5) note, this important dimension is recognized by the SOP approach but they argue that it is “poorly developed in both theorisation and operationalisation.” Furthermore, production activities are privileged in SOP analysis as “determinants of consumption practices” and the “role of agency is marginalised” by giving primacy to structural tendencies in the shaping of SOPs (ibid.: 5).”

   “The chapter then explores new directions for conceptualizing the relationship between production and consumption, including proposals to modify the GVC approach or to develop entirely different frameworks, as advanced by proponents of the system of provision (SOP) and global poverty chain (GPC) approaches.”

6. Initialism of sum of parts.

   “In like manner, the "not-SOP/ROP" complement of a system (SOP + ROP) is called the nature of the whole, or the organizing essence of a systemic whole. […] And it is there as an aspect of the whole which differs from the sum of parts (SOP) .”

   “a stock analyst might refer to a DCF (discounted cash flow), DDM (dividend discount model), EVA (economic value added), NAV (net asset value) or SOP (sum of parts) calculation. Comparisons can be made against the stock's historic[…]”

7. Initialism of same-origin policy.
8. Initialism of super operator (“an IRC user with special privileges”).
9. Initialism of semen on picture.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.

1. To steep or dip in any liquid.

   “A messe of milke sopt with white bread.”

   “When I die, don't bury me deep, / Put a jug of 'lasses at my feet, / And a piece of corn bread in my hand, / Gwine to sop my way to the promised land.”

2. To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.