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Interesting. Soeresmus and then soer(Jackie) made me look up
sorus
Sorus is a word we use that may come from Jiddish and means a heap of trouble. I'm surprised the word also exists in English. Don't know about possible connections.
Origin:
1825–35; < NL < Gk sōrós heap (?)
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