"Hoser"

[Demon-Xanth]

Can someone PLEASE explain to me the origins of this term? (in reference to stereotypical canadian speak)

 

[Zenmervolt]

If ya need to ask there eh, yer just another hoser eh.

ZV

Translation: I don't know either, and I do a really bad fake Canadian accent.

 

[pyonir]

the first time i heard it was in the movie "Strange Brew"

 

[RedRooster]

If you suck, you're a hoser, eh. Get the pun.

 

[mpitts]

<< the first time i heard it was in the movie "Strange Brew" >>



Same here.. Classic movie. Watch it and it will give you a good idea what a hoser is.

You hoser..

 

[killface]

From a quick search on google groups, I found this:

"Originally meant someone who messes up someone else's plans or work.
Now it usually means an inarticulate, beer-drinking lout.

It comes from the earlier slang verb "to hose" meaning to defeat soundly as
in "we hosed the opposing team" but it now usually means to mess-up though
sometimes it means to deceive, swindle or outwit.
Presumably the verb came from 'to hose down with water but there may be
other explanations."

Edit - another post said this "My college roommate, a canadian import, described the origin as
referring to a certain feminine hygiene device. "

 

[Cyberian]

<< an inarticulate, beer-drinking lout >>

That sounds like a compliment compared to most of the things I've been called.