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

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 Blaine, Captain John

"Here, can that sob stuff," broke in one of O'Connor's officers.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

"I am some weary of that sob stuff from 'Orphan Annie,'" I heard her say to one of the Hill-Top boys.

From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell