Quote Originally Posted by boyla View Post
both terms are out of every day use.

lout is typically only heard in papers with the pre-fix, larger lout.

I have not heard anyone being called a sod since I was a kid, and that was protect my precious ears from foul language shame it didn't work.
I don't know about that. Maybe it's a regional thing but 'sod' is pretty commonplace round by me.

Sod is pretty similar to 'shit' in the way it's used. You could substitute shit for sod in all of the following phrases: Little shit, naughty shit, cheeky shit.... It's used to describe somebody that is mischievious in some way.