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

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 Ellis Parker Butler

Now, lemme tell you this much right now, Mae, either you got to cut this sob stuff and get down to brass tacks and tell me what you want, or, by gad!

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst

He sang love stuff, and sob stuff, and a lot of opera stuff that sounded like gargling.

From The Boy Scouts on a Submarine by Captain John Blaine