dad. Who’s the hodaddy in the plaid
pants?hodaddyGo to hodad.
hoen. a prostitute; a whore. Get them
hoes outa here!
hog 1. and hog cadillacn. a large car; a
souped upcar. (See also road hog.)
How do you like my new hog? That hog
cadillac needs new shocks. 2. n. a police
officer; a pig. The hogs are on to you.
Who called the hogs? 3. n. an addict
who requires very large doses to sustain
the habit. (Drugs.) Gert isn’t a hog. She
tries to keep her habit small. Ernie is
turning into a hog. He just can’t get
enough. 4. n. phencyclidine (PCP), an
animal tranquilizer. (Drugs.) We’re
glad to learn that the demand for hog is ta-
pering off. Bart won’t sell hog to kids
these days.
hog cadillacGo to hog.
hogwash 1. n. bad food or drink. This
stuff is hogwash. Take it away. How
about some more of this high-quality hog-
wash? 2. n. nonsense. Now that’s just
hogwash, and you know it. Hogwash!
That’s about enough of your lies!
hog-wildmod. wild; boisterous. All the
kids were completely hog-wild by the time
I got there. Things got sort of hog-wild
while you were away.
ho-hum [“ho”h@m] mod. dull; causing
yawns. Clare played another ho-hum
concert at the music hall last night. It
was a ho-hum lecture.
hoist onetv. to have a drink. Let’s go out
and hoist one sometime. Hey, Sam. Let’s
you and me hoist one.
ho-jo(’s)[“hodZo(z)] n. a Howard Johnson’s
restaurant or hotel. (Collegiate. Often
with the.) Let’s hit ho-jo’s for some grub.
We’re going to meet the others at the
ho-jo.
hokey[“hoki] mod. contrived; phony.
What a hokey way to deal with a perfectly
honest request. That idea is too hokey.
That’s a pretty hokey idea, but it may
work.
hokum[“hok@m] n. nonsense. All that is
just hokum. No more hokum. I want the
truth.holdtv. & in. to possess drugs. (Drugs.)
Gert was holding coke when she was ar-
rested. Bart is holding and wants to
deal.hold all the acestv. to be in control of
everything. The boss holds all the aces
on this deal. I’ll come out okay. I hold
all the aces.Hold everything!exclam. Stop everything!
Hold everything! I forgot my wallet.
Hold everything! My door isn’t closed.Hold it!exclam. Stop right there! Hold it!
Stop! That’s enough! Hold it!Hold it, Buster!exclam. Stop that, mister!
(Sometimes said by women in repulsing
an amorous male.) Hold it, Buster!
Who do you think you are? Hold it,
Buster! Who do you think I am?hold one’s hightv. to behave reasonably
well under the influence of drugs. Gert
is having a harder and harder time hold-
ing her high. Ernie can’t hold his high.
What a creep!hold one’s horsestv. to wait up; to relax
and slow down; to be patient. (Usually a
command.) Hold your horses! Don’t get
in a hurry. Now, just hold your horses
and let me explain.hold one’s liquortv. to be able to drink al-
cohol in quantity without ill effects.
Old Jed can sure hold his liquor—and a lot
of it, too. I asked him to leave because
he can’t hold his liquor.Hold some, fold some.sent. to hold some
of your stocks and sell some. (Securities
markets.) My best advice right now is
to hold some, fold some. There is no real
trend to the market. The stock market
was so lackluster that I decided to hold
some, fold some.hold the forttv. to remain behind and take
care of things. Hold the fort. I’ll be there
in a while. I left John there to hold the
fort.hodaddy