sob stuff

British  

noun

1. material such as films, stories, etc, that play upon the emotions by the overuse of pathos and sentiment

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sob stuff

"There'd be no time to do anything here if you wasted time in sob stuff."

From Time Magazine Archive

The following, taken from The New York Times, is what hard-boiled newspaper men have in mind when they speak of "sob stuff": Engaged.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And you can't get me with the sob stuff, either," Nucky shrugged his shoulders.

From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré

Once youse was strong on de sob stuff wit me, tellin' me how noble I was, an' all de different tings youse would do fer me to repay all I done fer youse.

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

As the body was being carried into the tomb the loud speaker gave us a sermon by Rev. Peter L. Ruggus, full of sob stuff, and every one of the five thousand present wept.

From Solander's Radio Tomb by Butler, Ellis Parker