Canadian slang: "hoser"

Thread View: proper.language

2 messages

[T] Back to Threads [V] Tree View [G] Group Articles

2 total messages Started by Gordon Moffett Tue, 10 Jan 1984 08:21

Author: Gordon Moffett
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1984 08:21

18 lines
1421 bytes

I was talking to a man over the phone, he being in a certain Mid-western
Canadian city, dealing with a Unix bug envolving terminal drivers, when
he said, "... and the line gets hosed."

I stopped him right there.  Finally, a Real Canadian Person was using
`hose' in some meaningful context.  I immediately asked him about the
usage of this word, my having learned it from Bob and Doug MacKenzie.
I told him I even called the Canadian Embassy in San Francisco and they
didn't know what I was refering to, and I've never really understood what
it meant.

But apparently this word means `screwed' (figuratively), `messed up',
and its variant forms convey obvious meaning (`hosehead' -- like
`nucklehead', or as he put it, `spambrain'; and `hoser', screwed-up
person, etc).

I feel so much better now.  The true meaning of this word has eluded
me for several years.  I am now enlightened.

Re: Canadian slang: "hoser"

Author: Gordon Moffett
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1984 08:32

5 lines
768 bytes

By the way, this Canadian tells me that there ARE really people
like Bob and Doug MacKenzie up There.  ("You guys may think it's
just a joke, but they're for real!").

So what's all this about back bacon, then?

Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads