hodad
See also: ho-dad
English
Alternative forms
- ho-dad
- hodaddy
Etymology
Originally Californian surfer slang from the 1960s.[1] Perhaps from the greeting Ho! Dad,[2] though no evidence for this derivation is known. The suggestion that it derives from South American Spanish jodido (“fucked, difficult, annoying”), similarly lacks evidence; also vowel change from -did to -dad unexplained.
Noun
hodad (plural hodads)
- (surfing, slang, derogatory) Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers.
See also
- hoedad
References
- J. E. Lighter, The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. II: H–O. (1997)
- Jonathon Green (2023), “hodad”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang