WAG: a hoser (Canadian slang) 'a clumsy oaf (esp. fond of beer & hockey games)' (??<== Kaspar Hauser 1974??) ~ UD7. a hose 'stupid person' to *hose 'behave stupidly' --> to *hose ~ *house 'to eat like an oaf'. ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org