s.o.b.

An abbreviation of clear and unmistakable import. A wife's statement, to those present at the husband's place of business, that the allegations in his petition for a divorce were lies and that he was a "s-o-b" for making them, is not public defamation in itself. McKoin v McKoin, 168 La 32, 121 So 182, the court characterizing the statement as nothing more than disgusting and senseless abuse.