Talk:Hoon

message: Isn't "hoon" just a word used to describe someone who is a bit reckless, particularly in a vehicle? I can be just as much of a hoon in a go-cart as    a modified import car. That's always been the context i have heard it in anyway.
Yep, the word hoon is certainly not derogatory or refering to antisocial nature... 115.64.159.41 (talk) 15:48, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  wtf?? 

message: I removed a lot of crap that isn't relevant to the subject.
The sections on rice mods for example didn't belong.
I also removed the bias towards the import part of the community, you see as many australian cars as you do imports hooning. Clown666 18:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaned up a bit

message: "People who drive highly modified Japanese imports tend to be referred to as ricers, while people who drive modified Australian cars are referred to as fully sick."
If this is actually a serious piece- how on earth do you substantiate this rubbish? Who determined the use of "Fully Sick" meant someone who drove an Australian modified car? I have been reading modified car magazine publications since around 1989 (most editions of Street Machine, Fast Fours, High Performance Imports, etc. etc.) fully sick has never meant Australian modified car exclusively.
60.241.59.112
Agreed, so its gooone.
Clown666 02:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No idea 

message: I would query the "it has been in common use since 1985" business, and I've tagged that part as such. It was definitely in widespread use to mean anyone who behaved in a slightly antisocial way - including "boy racers" as they're now known - when I was iin high school in New Zealand in the 1970s. Grutness...wha? 01:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 1985?

message: Regarding the 'Anti-hoon legislation in Australia' section , I propose to add Tasmania, and to reorder the section chronologically (and alphabetically in the case of Tas & WA) in order of the years in which the legislation was introduced (as follows: Qld 2000, Tas 2004, WA 2004, Vic 2006, SA 2007, NSW 2008). Any objections or corrections?--Tyranny Sue (talk) 12:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to edit 

message: The beginning of this article is focused on the word "hoon" rather than on the idea of a hoon, giving the impression that it's more like a (long) dictionary entry than like an encyclopedia entry. I don't have time to rework it right now, but I'd like to see it reworked to focus on the concept; see the Chav entry for the kind of approach I'm talking about. (Instead of starting with "Chav is a derogatory term..." it starts with "A chav [...] is a stereotypical rough young person in the United Kingdom.") --Elysdir (talk) 14:46, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dictionary vs encyclopedia 

message: As a proud Australian HOON, I can safely say that it is not ALWAYS pejorative. None of the hoons that I know (and I know a lot of us) consider it as such.  saying that it is Always considered to be pejorative is frankly, offensive.  Yes it is true that in some circles it is - but it is far from ALL circles 120.146.203.210 (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hoon is always pejorative  

message: how does one get from "a fictional race of intelligent horses" to car punks or ruffians or (earlier sense) pimps?!
seems to me a contraction of "hooligan" is far more likely.  any linguists proposing THAT?  2601:19C:5280:5BA7:D89D:F387:456C:D97C (talk) 15:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @2601:19C:5280:5BA7:D89D:F387:456C:D97C hoonigan is combination of hoon and hooligan. Hoonigan is a much newer word. 124.170.117.240 (talk) 22:27, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

text: @2601:19C:5280:5BA7:D89D:F387:456C:D97C Hoonigan is a brand trademark which seems to have become a slang term in the US. 124.170.117.240 (talk) 22:32, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Houyhnhnm 

message: Someone a few years ago made an unsourced claim that "hoon" could be onomatopoeia. If that was true, the people and the car would all need to be literally making a noise that sounds like "hoooon".
Well they aren't. TooManyFingers (talk) 07:14, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "onomatopoeia" claim