hodad

hodad

slang Someone who cannot surf, possibly in spite of actions or statements to the contrary. Of course that dude wiped out—he's a total hodad!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hodad

and hodaddy (ˈhodæd(i))
1. n. someone, usually a male, who poses (badly) as a surfer. (California. Possibly a blend of ho = whore and dad(dy) = male.) Who’s that hodaddy with the crumby looking board?
2. n. an obnoxious person; a repellent person. (California.) Ted is a total hodad.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hodaddy
  • dooded
  • dude
  • dude oneself up
  • dude up
  • duded up
  • get a load of
  • get a load of (someone or something)
  • get a load of something or someone
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cleaned up only to start working in the grease pits of Hodad's burger joint and started smoking Pepsi by the gallon.
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In Ocean Beach, Hodad's grills a burger to gladden any beachgoer.
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