The word "Hoon"
Discussion
Tell me about the word "hoon". Yesterday I noticed Top gear used the term on one of my Facebook updates and this got me thinking. Is it a common term?
It turns out it is not, a quick google shows hoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe "anyone who engages in loutish, antisocial behaviour."(I can be used in car context)
So, where did this term originate? And why do Top gear use it(if they don't read PH)
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It turns out it is not, a quick google shows hoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe "anyone who engages in loutish, antisocial behaviour."(I can be used in car context)
So, where did this term originate? And why do Top gear use it(if they don't read PH)
?CommanderJameson said:
Ther term has unfortunate connotations, for me, and tends to conjure images of sportscars being badly driven on country roads with little care for other road users.
This, they have to have the seat set fully back and only have one hand on the steering wheel at all times - Its in the rules.Aussie & Kiwi term: Wiki says:
Hoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand, to refer to a anyone who engages in loutish, antisocial behaviour. In particular, it is used to refer to one who drives a car or boat in a manner which is anti-social by the standards of contemporary society, that is, fast, noisily and/or dangerously. In New Zealand, the term "boy racer" is also widely used. Another slang term, revhead — derived from "rev", an alternate term for RPM — is sometimes used in place of hoon. However, "revhead" can refer to any car enthusiast, while hoon is always pejorative. "Anti-hoon laws", while they generally concern road vehicles, sometimes also target anti-social behaviour in motor boats.
Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts or screeching tires. Those commonly identified as being involved in "hooning" or street racing are young, predominantly male although increasingly female drivers in the age range of 17 and 35 years.
Hoon control laws are beginning to be extended to dangerous and annoying hoon behaviour using boats and other vessels, particularly jet skis. The State of Victoria, Australia passed legislation in late 2009 to control hoon activities using recreational vessels.
I first heard it on Home and Away, prolly
Hoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand, to refer to a anyone who engages in loutish, antisocial behaviour. In particular, it is used to refer to one who drives a car or boat in a manner which is anti-social by the standards of contemporary society, that is, fast, noisily and/or dangerously. In New Zealand, the term "boy racer" is also widely used. Another slang term, revhead — derived from "rev", an alternate term for RPM — is sometimes used in place of hoon. However, "revhead" can refer to any car enthusiast, while hoon is always pejorative. "Anti-hoon laws", while they generally concern road vehicles, sometimes also target anti-social behaviour in motor boats.
Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts or screeching tires. Those commonly identified as being involved in "hooning" or street racing are young, predominantly male although increasingly female drivers in the age range of 17 and 35 years.
Hoon control laws are beginning to be extended to dangerous and annoying hoon behaviour using boats and other vessels, particularly jet skis. The State of Victoria, Australia passed legislation in late 2009 to control hoon activities using recreational vessels.
I first heard it on Home and Away, prolly
I started using the word when Hamilton was caught in Australia.
How dare he drive like this? Who the hell does he think he is? Michael Schumacher?
It seems to accurately describe what most people view 'going for a drive' as, so I go along with it. I also offer perms or drugs to my passengers depending on which car I'm in.
How dare he drive like this? Who the hell does he think he is? Michael Schumacher?
It seems to accurately describe what most people view 'going for a drive' as, so I go along with it. I also offer perms or drugs to my passengers depending on which car I'm in.
I first saw it used in the old aussie cartoons that used to be in SuperBike magazine
edit: Fred Gassit
http://fredgassit.tripod.com/
edit: Fred Gassit
http://fredgassit.tripod.com/
twazzock said:
It takes its name from Geoff Hoon, who was a prolific joyrider in the nineties, specialising in ragging barried mk2 Fiestas around council estates in the East Midlands.
Also first heard it courtesy of the legend that is Alf Stewart, in conjunction with the obligatory "flamin'" and latterly from my Kiwi wife and in-laws.
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