[Ads-l] hodad (1960)

[dave@wilton.net]

OED has 1962 (from Australia).
 
Wells, Bob. “Eye Opener: Plus Long Weekends.” Independent (Long Beach, California), 9 May 1960, A-3/2. Newspapers.com.

"At this time of the year on the beach, it is very hard to tell a mere tourist from a ho-dad or even a surfer. The sun has been away, and everyone is white and untanned. Howsoever, the surfers have crew cuts. Some of them bleach their hair with peroxide. They will be sitting on their foam boards out a ways, waiting for the big ones. The ho-dads have long hair with lots of gunk on it. They will be horsing around on the beach, trying to impress the girls. They do not like to get wet, ho-dads don’t.
 
"The tourists? they stare at the girls just like the ho-dads do, only they let their mouths hang open. They also kick sand when they walk. They don’t mean to, but they can’t help it."
 
 
And this from 1961 (It's from Omaha, but the article is about California slang):
 
Torgeson, Dial. “They’re Dedicated to Fun-in-the-Sun.” Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), 16 July 1961, G2/4. Readex: America’s Historical Newspapers.

"One girl explained recently that there are three groups in high school: The surfers, the ho-dads, and the socs.

"The ho-dads, also known as ho-daddies, are the hot-rod and car-club enthusiasts. They like well-oiled, Elvis Presley-type pompadours, wear boots, jeans or pegged slacks, drive cars with souped-up motors and go for rock n’ roll."

"The socs (pronounced, for some tribalistic reason, as so-cees) aer the 'society types'—the ones who belong to campus clubs and get good grades. Surfers and ho-dads have another name for them: 'Kooks.'"

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