different between hosier vs hoser

English

Etymology

From Middle English hosyer; equivalent to hose +? -ier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??.??(?)/, /?h??.???(?)/, /?h??.z?(?)/, /?h??.z??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ho?.??/, /?ho?.?i.?/, /?ho?.z?/, /?ho?.zi.?/

Noun

hosier (plural hosiers)

1. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

   William Blake's father was a hosier.

Related terms

• hosiery

Translations

Anagrams

• horsie

Middle English

Noun

hosier

1. Alternative form of hosyer

English

Etymology

hose +? -er. The Canadian senses originally derive from hose (“to siphon gasoline from automobile gas tanks”), in reference to farmers who siphoned gas from farming vehicles; they were later reinforced by use to describe the players on the losing side of a game of shinny or hockey, who were required to hose down the rink to return it to a smooth state, and ultimately popularized in the 1980s by a sketch on the television show SCTV, in which Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas played Bob and Doug McKenzie, a pair of hosers.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z?(r)

Noun

hoser (plural hosers)

1. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
2. (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly.
3. (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
4. (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
5. (Canada, slang) A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.
   • 1985, Canadian Dimension, volume 19, page 94:

     We bet you know lots of hosers, eh. And you want to help them not be hosers.

   • 2012, Canadian Television: Text and Context ?ISBN, page ix:

     This brings me to the second, more interesting genre of Canadian TV drama, one focused on what can be summarized as “hosers, whores, boozers, and losers.”

   • 2013, The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover ?ISBN:

     As we laughed, we passed a table of scowling hosers and they gave our chortles an extra boost. They were beginning to come to terms with the notion that family resorts are not known for their abundance of poontang […]

6. (slang, derogatory) A Canadian.

See also

• hosebag
• hosehead

Anagrams

• H-O-R-S-E, H.O.R.S.E., HORSE, Horse, RSeOH, Rohes, Shore, hoers, horse, shero, shoer, shore

Middle English

Noun

hoser

1. Alternative form of hosyer