sod

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sod1

▶noun turf.

■ a piece of turf.

▶verb (sods, sodding, sodded) rare cover with turf or pieces of turf.

– phrases
under the sod dead and buried.

– origin ME: from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. sode, of unknown ultimate origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sod2 vulgar slang, chiefly Brit.

▶noun

• 1 an unpleasant person.

  ■ a person of a specified kind.

• 2 a difficult or problematic thing.

▶verb (sods, sodding, sodded) used to express anger or annoyance.

■ (sod off) go away.

■ (as adj. sodding) used as a general term of contempt.

– phrases
sod all absolutely nothing.

– origin C19: abbrev. of sodomite.