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Hoity-toity

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1690, OED Evaluation: N/A

Assuming, haughty, petulant, huffy.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: So I- I- I knew but I don't think other guys really picked up on it. Interviewer: Yeah, that's sad. Speaker: So I'm just like, ah whatever, which is probably for the best because she's kind-of- she's not a debbie-downer but she's just too like hoity-toity. Interviewer: Mm, oh well, it's for the best.
Snobbish

Holy mackerel

Parf of speech: Exclamation, OED Year: 1944, OED Evaluation: N/A

used as an oath or expletive

ExampleMeaning
Wow that 's love. Holy-Mackerel
used as an oath or expletive
ExampleMeaning
Holy-mackerel.
used as an oath or expletive
ExampleMeaning
This is your fourth year! Holy mackerel. Where in the hell does the time go?
used as an oath or expletive
ExampleMeaning
Something that pops in my mind just holy-mackerel.
used as an oath or expletive
ExampleMeaning
Holy mackerel! You didn't record all that did you?
used as an oath or expletive

Holy Mexican

Parf of speech: Exclamation, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: NA

NA

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh, there was an old sun porch and I think I was lying on an old steel cot of some sort. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: And holy Mexican, I'll tell you. (laughs) 39> Interviewer: The steel. 1> Speaker: And the dog was lying there too so when- when I came through she just let out for God-knows-where.
Used to show surprise.

Holy terror

Parf of speech: Expression, OED Year: 1883, OED Evaluation: N/A

a person of exasperating habits or manners

ExampleMeaning
Oh none of them were holy terrors, but they- they were good. I-mean Jimmy-Trumbull now he was the one- he was suppose- he wasn't a swimmer, like we- they had a raft, and I was out the raft and ah the other two were in watching the kids in shore, and Jimmy just started swimming out to the raft.
A troublesome child

Holy world

Parf of speech: Exclamation, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Holy world, we're going to come back- have to come back to these stones here.
used as an oath or expletive
Bought pigs from Jarold-Lankin and they could jump right near the deer. Holy-world-
used as an oath or expletive

Home boy

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1864, OED Evaluation: Chiefly North American

A boy who has been brought up or resettled by a charitable home, orphanage, or similar institution.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker 2: Quite- he was quite- Speaker 1: He was a- he was a home boy. Speaker 2: He was quite a unit.
A boy who has been brought up or resettled by a charitable home, orphanage, or similar institution.

Honky-tonk

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1889, OED Evaluation: Colloquial. Originally U.S.

A disreputable entertainment venue, later spec. a cheap, sleazy bar or nightclub, typically one where country music is played. In early use also: a variety show featuring acts regarded as disreputable or of low quality, associated with such a venue. Also in extended use. Now chiefly hist.

ExampleMeaning
Yeah it 's- I- well I 've never- I 've never been on the rides but it was- there was always this really- a little bit of the old-fashioned (inc) was honky-tonk (inc) at Niagara-Falls and you thought, "Well it 's such a thing of (inc) wonderful physical beauty,"
a type of bar with loud country music
ExampleMeaning
And ah bars and taverns hadn't open. They were barely in existence then. So entertainment was strictly dance halls. There was no honky-tonks to go to and drink and hear music.
a type of bar with loud country music

hoodie

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1990, OED Evaluation: N/A

A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Yeah, they're like the hockey- they're jackets with a team emblem on them and they go over your head. Like they only have like a half zipper- Speaker: Yeah. Like a hoodie. Interviewer: Yeah, but it 's like a jacket with like a gor-- well, not gortex. They were always a hundred-and-fifty dollars. Everybody wanted one. And everybody always wanted the Chicago-Bulls or something-like- that.
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: I was confused. Just like all are. Interviewer: Trying to fit in. Speaker: You-know, trying to fit in, even though I didn't need to. I was still a rocker, Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: But um yeah that's what- that's what I was. And m-- my- I- you-know- jeans. Now I wear hoodies 'cause it's cold but you-know t-shirts, polos. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: That kind-of thing.
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: So he picked me up and he looked so nice. Like usually he just wears like some stupid c-- graphic brand tee-shirt and like- or like his ah- Interviewer: Jeans. Interviewer: Jeans and- Interviewer: Running-shoes. Interviewer: Running-shoes and then like a hoodie, always. All the time, with like some sort of hel-- brand-name hat. So then when he picked me up, he's wearing his nice wool jacket. Like ah, his dress jacket and then like, um a dress- sort-of-dressy zippie ...
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yep. You can't- you can't wear ah bandanas near Le-Bop or Le-Bistro either. Interviewer: Really? Speaker: 'Cause the gang-rate is very, very high. There, you can't wear a hood, a hoodie, and you can't wear any, like, insignia or anything like that. 'Cause one ti-- 'cause, like, as guide, as exec members, we have hoodies, right? And sometimes you just put your hood up. And we were walking in and they were like- basically, the bouncers grabbed us all and pushed us aside and was like, "Show us your I-D! What gang are you part of? Du-du-du-du-du!"
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
Speaker: "We're on contract, we're not drinking, we have no alcohol, we have no guns, we have no knives, we have no this." Like, we're going through the list of- to try to ma-- they're like, "The only way we're letting you in is to take your hoodie off." Okay. Interviewer: (inc) safer right, yeah. Yeah. Speaker: Well, it's because they've had instances with gangs in that area, 'cause there's so many ah so many, you-know. There's- i-- it's riddled with youth-gangs. I'm being sarcastic (laughs)
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
Interviewer: The slang terms in Northern-Ontario compared to Southern-Ontario. Speaker: Um the backpack-packsack thing? (laughs). Interviewer: It's (inc). Speaker: Yeah. Well, I noticed hoodie and sweatshirt. Some people were confused by that. I don't know if everyone would be, but I think some people were. Um. Interviewer: What about camp versus cottage?
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
ExampleMeaning
... he just looked at my belt and was like "Take off the belt." I'm like "Okay whatever." So I went and put the belt away, but it sucked because he only singled me out when like there's three other people wearing high- with hoodies, like right beside and I was the one that they- like he picked on. Stupid.
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.