tugs@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Hull) (01/23/84)
When Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis began this whole thing
on SCTV they unleashed a real can of worms. From other
Canadians situated about the country (and even the province)
I've heard several interpretations. However, I have my
own (naturally), which dates back to my high school days in
Kitchener, Ontario (about 60 miles west of Toronto -- that's ~100km).
I think hoser must be a variant of a common insult we traded in
those not-quite-halcyon days: "hosebag." "Hosebag" didn't have any
specific interpretation, it was just a good, general-purpose insult.
For those of you not conversant with the term, it is a synonym for
"douchebag." And "douchebag" is a term used to describe, somewhat
less scatologically, a plastic envelope containing fluids
used in (ahem) vaginal irrigation.
Granted, the similarity may be only coincidental, but I would state
this in my case: Dave Thomas went to high school in my general area
of the country (southwestern-to-central-southern Ontario), and it's
possible he was within the same sphere of linguistic influence as I.
Beauty, eh? Way to go! Decent!!
steve hull
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{ decvax cwruecmp duke research floyd }!utzoo!utcsrgv!tugsgam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett) (01/27/84)
Any comments from the University of Manitoba on this one? eh?
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