SOCKO Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

socko

adjective

Definition of socko

as in boffo

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Recent Examples of socko The number is a socko blend of seduction, release and control. — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022

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With the market tanking and worry exploding all around, affordable escapism soon will be having a boffo moment at the Broadway box office.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
But there was a time in Hollywood, long ago, when campus unrest actually was considered boffo, greenlight-worthy material.

— Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024

Definition of boffo

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The tax revolt was a successful attempt by a small group of ideologues to capitalize on people’s justifiable anger at the cost-of-living crisis that followed the war in Vietnam, along with California’s runaway home prices.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The season’s runaway favorite, however, was The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Phaedra Parks, whose cutthroat Traitor strategy — replete with sparkly eye shadow and sharp one-liners — got her almost all the way to the finish line.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of runaway

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Micron Technology’s stock came into the day having more than tripled for the year following gangbuster growth, for example.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
None of the issues with this year’s telecast were a problem for us in the room, who simply got to enjoy two gangbuster Original Song performances and a surprise Barbra Streisand concert.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

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