Hoser (1981)
Douglas G. Wilson
douglas at NB.NET
Thu Oct 2 15:30:58 UTC 2003
>I remember when the MacKenzie brothers came out with their 'song' and was
>VERY surprised that it could be played on regular ol' radio
>stations. When I was in HS and college a 'hose' was a 'penis' and a
>'hoser' was a guy who used his 'hose' as often as he could with the gals.
How could it be otherwise? "Hose" for "penis" is an obvious metaphor and I
heard it repeatedly in the 1960's ... although it was not one of the more
frequent terms in this application. "Hose" as a verb equivalent to the
F-word or "lay pipe" was more frequent. "I've been hosed" and "You [stupid]
hoser" are very transparent euphemisms, I believe.
Perhaps the Toronto newspaper just published the half-dozen non-obscene
etymological suggestions which arrived, and discarded the hundreds of
letters which expressed the majority [and correct] interpretation?
Isn't "hose monster" based on Sesame Street's "Cookie Monster" (who always
wants a cookie)?
-- Doug Wilson
More information about the Ads-l
mailing list