Sob Story 

When a contestant on a competition show (e.g. X factor) tells the audience a sad story of their past in order to gain attention and sympathy votes.

"She wouldn't have gotten through to the finals if it weren't for her sob story"

Sob Story by eboniz March 6, 2018

sob story 

The usually made-up tragic story that any drug addict/thief/hooker/bad person will tell you so you feel bad for them and will make you feel like it's not their fault that they are the way they are, or made the decisions that they made.

jenny: ugh suzy, look at you! you're fucked up on coke and it's 8 in the morning, and we're in spanish class!
suzy: Jenny, you don't even know what I've been through, I told you what happened...I found my mother dead when I was 8, then I was taken into foster care and beaten and I took to the streets where I became an anonymous circus dancer. You don't know how it feels to have no sense of identity!!!
jenny: oh, suzy, what a sob story...

sob story by Angelacia June 15, 2007

Sob story 

The kind of story you tell people so they can sympathize with you or make their hearts warm towards you, that way you can easily make them so your bidding.

Boy: I was supposed to go see the movie premiere with my girlfriend, but she broke up with me with a text last night, would you go with me?

Girl: awwn... what a sob story, but you're cute. I would!

Sob story by K Supreme December 31, 2018

Sob Story 

A story when someone wants clout, sympathy or attention from someone.

Look, Farhana posted a tiktok about her sob story on discord.

Sob Story by farhanastfusmellyindian May 26, 2022