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ez77 on May 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Heroku encourages use of www. prefix for domains a...

...Heroku is SOL if they need...

Off topic, what's the meaning of SOL in this context?

Duff on May 23, 2011 [–]

"Shit Out of Luck"

mikey_p on May 23, 2011 | | [–]

In polite circles it can also be "Sorry, Out of Luck"

bmunro on May 23, 2011 | | [–]

'Square out of luck'?

telemachos on May 23, 2011 | | [–]

I'm pretty sure the parent is right that it's "shit out of luck". I knew it as a military thing, and the internet seems to agree[1].

[1] http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=S.O.L. (one random link)

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