honey do

[Bethany K. Dumas]

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

>This is in HDAS, defined as "a household chore. _Joc._", with
>a first citation from 1990, almost certainly too late, as Fred
>or Barry or someone will surely let me know shortly.

Right (re RHHDAS, where is is honey-do, honeydew) - I am surprised to find
it as slang, not as a regionalism. Is it used everywhere in the US? I am
sure it was used much earlier than 1990, though I have no cites. If I run
into any in my tape collction, I'll let that be known.

Bethany