hosers

Boors from Canada

Hosers is Canadian slang for foolish or uncouth people, especially beer-drinking louts.

The term gained wide recognition through the comedy characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, who used it as a mild, affectionate insult: Take off, you hosers.

Outside Canada, hoser often signals Canadian identity or parodies Canadian stereotypes.

insult

buffoons

Foolish, comical people

  • doltsSlow-witted people
  • loutsCrude, uncouth people
  • oafsStupid, clumsy people

yokels · bumblers · fools · goons · idiots · simpletons · chumps · blockheads · dimwits · dullards

Canadian

eh

Tag seeking confirmation

poutine · loonie · maple · Mounties · beavertail · double-double · ketchup chips · butter tart · moose · hockey

hockey

rink

Enclosed skating surface

  • puckHockey's rubber projectile
  • stickThin piece of wood
  • skatesWheeled or bladed footwear

Zamboni · ice · faceoff · slapshot · goalie · net · penalty · powerplay · beer league · shinny

Opposites
social class/refinement

hosersgentlemen

Men of refinement

sophisticates · aristocrats · elites · highbrows · upper crust

competence/success

hoserswinners

Those who prevail

champions · achievers · success stories · overachievers · go-getters

cultural identity

hoserscity slickers

Urban dwellers, countryside-naive

urbanites · Europhiles · jet-setters · hipsters · trendsetters

Phrases
Family

hoses, hosed, hoser

Familiarity
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Profile
Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG