Home » Dictionary » ho-d

ho-d

ho-d
 n.— «Frisbees and paragliders competed for airspace last Thursday as the Ketchum Ultimate Frisbee League continued round robin play on the upper fields of Atkinson Park.…The crowd also went wild when Chaka John Schenk of KB’s executed what must have been his one-thousandth perfect ho-d, which is short for horizontal defensive move.» —“Some crowded airspace at Atkinson Park” Idaho Mountain Express (Ketchum) Aug. 1, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

Until a Week of Thursdays

In English, to wait until the cows come home, means you’ll wait a long time. In French, it’s attendre la semaine des quatre jeudis, literally, to “wait for a week of Thursdays.” This is part of a complete episode.

Related

One-Armed Paper Hanger (episode #1518)

The emotional appeal of handwriting and the emotional reveal of animal phrases. Should children be taught cursive writing in school, or is their time better spent studying other things? A handwritten note and a typed one may use the very same words...