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The body's emergency pressure valve, leaking proof you cared too much.
means To weep with audible, convulsive catches of breath — crying hard enough that your body shudders with it.
from From Middle English 'sobben,' likely imitative — a word built from the sound itself, that ragged hitch of breath you can't smooth out. It's possibly related to Old English 'seofian' (to lament) and has cousins in the Dutch 'sabben.' Either way, the word does what the act does: it stutters.
- breath pattern
- Sobs are gasping inhales, not exhales like sighs
- vagus nerve
- It triggers the soothing reflex that calms you after
- emotional tears
- Contain more stress hormones than onion-cut tears
- social glue
- Humans are the only animals that cry from emotion
- acronym life
- Also a sailor's curse and a son-of insult
for instance
sobyanin — sergey sobyanin, mayor of moscow since 2010
sob story — narrative device used in literature and film to evoke sympathy