a person who is regarded as unintelligent and imposed upon as a stooge or scapegoat. soap dish.
soap. noun. ˈsōp. : a cleansing and emulsifying agent made usually by action of alkali on fat or fatty acids and consisting essentially of sodium or potassium salts of such acids. : a salt of a fatty acid and a metal.
Etymology. From the exposure of one's buttocks when bending over in a male group shower, in reference to prison rape.
soap in American English
(soʊp ) noun. 1. a substance used with water to produce suds for washing or cleaning: soaps are usually sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, produced by the action of an alkali, as caustic soda or potash, on fats or oils.
soap opera, broadcast dramatic serial program, so called in the United States because most of its major sponsors for many years were manufacturers of soap and detergents.
Although we British audiences tend to think of the biggest soap operas as being EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, 'Soap opera' is actually an Americanism dating back to 1935-50 – so named, because radio dramas were sponsored by soap manufacturers.
vulgar Mocking pseudo-advice given to a man who might be or is about to be sent to prison, referring to prison rape that may occur if one bends over to retrieve dropped soap in the shower, thus exposing himself.
The Students on Academic Probation (SOAP) program is intended to identify students who seemingly are making little or no progress in their degree and help them make adjustments as early as possible.
Soap cutting videos are a type of ASMR video that can trigger the same pleasurable tingling sensation. In these videos, people cut the soap bar into thin slices or shapes using a sharp knife. The sound of the blade slicing through the bar of soap is often what triggers the ASMR response.
Soap is both a countable and uncountable noun (i.e. a mass noun like milk).
What are SOAP Notes? SOAP Notes are a type of note framework that includes four critical elements that correspond to each letter in the acronym — Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.
The Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) is a vehicle through which eligible unmatched applicants in the Main Residency Match apply for and are offered positions that were not filled when the matching algorithm was initially processed.
The Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®) is the process by which eligible unmatched, or partially unmatched applicants may apply to programs with unfilled residency positions and receive offers through the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3®) system.
If a prisoner "drops the soap", they must return to the beginning of the game.
Usually, showers are of the single-head variety, where the prisoner can close a shower curtain or close a swinging door for privacy. In some cases, shower rooms are present, which consists of a room with four or so shower heads for multiple prisoners to use at one time.
All of the molecules in soap repel water, and attract oils and dirt. They are trapped, then washed away by water. So, indeed, soap DOES in fact get dirty. But, soap can trap harmful microorganisms from being dropped or sitting on a dirty counter.
Strategic Operations and Plans (SOaP) > U.S. Army Reserve > News-Display.
The phrase appears, with no clear meaning, in a 1755 Samuel Foote nonsense prose poem, "The Grand Panjandrum". In the U.S., soap took on the meaning of money (see OED), and so no soap was a denial of money, say in response to a request for some.
He described soap as a pomade made of tallow – typically derived from beef fat – and ashes that the Gauls, particularly the men, applied to their hair to give it “a reddish tint.” Ancient people used these early soaps to clean wool or cotton fibers before weaving them into cloth, rather than for human hygiene.
In total, 1,773 positions were filled through SOAP. Of those positions, U.S. allopathic seniors accepted about half of them, osteopathic medical school seniors accepted 27%, and IMGs as a group accepted 18%.
I like to put soap pieces in my socks to prevent foot cramps at night. A regular magnesium supplement also helps. A. You are not the only person to find that soap chips in your socks help to prevent leg cramps.
However, the USA's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests not to share soaps, as those can be potential vectors for MRSA bacterial transmission and may also lead to gram-negative bacilli colonization.
The SOAP format – Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan – is a commonly used approach to. documenting clinical progress. The elements of a SOAP note are: • Subjective (S): Includes information provided by the member regarding his/her experience and.