The Clue
Type of story (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SOB
Tags
Notes
The answer SOB is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blubber
___ sister
Wail
Weep
Break down
Comics interjection
Cry with catches
Cry loudly
Have a bawl
[I'm heartbroken!]
Kind of sister
Kind of story
Loudly lament
Melodramatic outburst
Melodramatic sound
Weep aloud
1981 satire on Hollywood
Be visibly disconsolate
Break down, in a way
Cry out loud
Crying out loud?
Epithet used by H.S.T.
Have a good cry
Kind of sister or story
Melodramatic response in comics
No-good bum
What a tearjerker evokes
Word with sister or story
1981 Blake Edwards comedy
Julie Andrews comedy, 1981
Definition
SOB as a noun:
1. (shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness) = a dyspneic condition
2. (asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB) = insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
3. (sob, sobbing) = convulsive gasp made while weeping
SOB as a verb:
1. weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"