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sodcasting

sodcasting noun: playing music on a mobile phone or other portable device in public, without regard for those around one. Also the present participle and gerund of sodcast.

Noun

sodcasting (uncountable)

  1. (UK, neologism, slang) Playing music on a mobile phone or other portable device in public, without regard for those around one.
    • With mobile phones in many a teenager's pocket, the rise of sodcasting - best described as playing music through a phone in public - has created a noisy problem for a lot of commuters.2011 June 11, Alex Hudson, “Why do people play music in public through a phone?”, in BBC News
    • When times are good, a community can just about cope: lack of empathy leads to nothing worse than the rudeness of sodcasting on buses, the discharging of one’s nostrils on to a pavement, the casual dropping of a takeaway food container into the doorway of someone else’s flat.2011 December 9, Graeme Archer, “Empathy has fled the inner city, and it’s time for me to follow”, in The Telegraph

Also used as

sodcasting is also the present participle and gerund of sodcast.

Synonyms of sodcasting

Questions about sodcasting

What does sodcasting mean?
Sodcasting means playing music on a mobile phone or other portable device in public, without regard for those around one.
What part of speech is sodcasting?
Sodcasting is a noun.

Words near sodcasting in the dictionary

  1. sodbuster ploughs
  2. sodbusters
  3. sodbusting
  4. sodcast
  5. sodcasted
  6. sodcasting
  7. sodcasts
  8. sodded
  9. sodded off
  10. sodden
  11. soddened

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