How is 'the soch' short for 'social (security)' spelled?

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A current thread has confused people by referring to social security as 'soch', without further explanation. I am very familiar with hearing 'on the soshe' (as I might spell it phonetically), meaning receiving soc(ial security), but I can't remember ever seeing it written down. Also, I think the abbreviation always takes 'the' and is never just 'soshe'. How should it be spelled?

Yes, it was a good system.

I was thinking more of ‘DHSS’ being the normal, ingrained term, not ‘sōsh’.

I haven't heard 'sosh' very often but people did refer to the Social Security or The social or DHSS.

The (government) Department for Health and Social Security lost Health some time after 1987, and became the DSS instead of the DHSS. Then it turned into the Benefits Agency while a man called Michael Bichard popped in to make changes, so it was the BA. For all of those incarnations it was 'the social' and probably shortened to the 'soshe', not to be confused with Social Services, which are a different lot entirely.
These were all separate from the Department of Employment which ran Labour Exchanges and then the name changed to Job Centres.
At some point the two departments were joined together and became the department for Work and Pensions, the DWP.
I have a friend who used to work 'down the soshe' but when some re-arrangement was done, and some benefit-processing was taken from smaller offices to larger ones, she had to change and worked 'down the Jobbie' instead.

Soche [spelling?] always sounds very Scouse to me🤔 OP, are you from the Liverpool area?

I knew it as The Broo

Not from Liverpool, but have lived there among other UK cities including London. Yes, it's definitely Scouse. 'On the soshe' receiving benefit payments, 'going down the soshe' visiting the social security office, 'loving the soshe' feeling warmly towards the welfare state.

I've never seen it written down, although I'm familiar with its use and meaning. I think of it as a Scottish usage - as is 'the brew" (as others have mentioned). I note that others have spelt it 'broo'; another word that exists almost uniquely orally.

I love language

Only ever hear it used by shitty parents to refer to social services

I would spell it with an e on the end tbh.

“soche”

if it matters? I feel like soc and soch should be pronounced sock.

“loving the soshe' feeling warmly towards the welfare state.“

🤣🤣🤣 too funny.

sorry but I have to say soche looks better than soshe, just my opinion