hodad

See also: ho-dad

English

Alternative forms

ho-dad

This word, along with many other surf slang words and phrases, originated with the Spanish slang term "Joddido". There were a number of great young Hispanic surfers in SoCal in the late 50's and early 60's, and their slang was modified into surf lexicon.

Noun

hodad (plural hodads)

  1. (surfing, slang) Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs.
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