Talk:Hoser

message: Outside of references to Bob and Doug MacKenzie the only time I have heard it used was by my father calling me a Surrey hoser if I wore a baseball cap sideways.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Korandder (talk • contribs) 12:56, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article does not currently describe what a Hoser is 

message: Hi, there was a weird tag around the word hosed "CF loader and loaded" which didn't make a lot of sense. Nobody calls someone getting drunk a loader do they? Anyway, I was wondering if it is necessary to find a citation for that? I know for a fact that's what me and my friends used to call it all the time growing up. All I can do at this point is update urban dictionary. Is that considered a valid source here for such a citation? I know it was probably mentioned in the alcohol episode of the caustic soda podcast, but I don't know where you would find that now days anyway.70.79.152.239 (talk) 16:30, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hosed 

message: Should this be in the wikthinary instead? 165.161.3.13 12:08, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  transwiki 

message: I've spoken to a couple friends in Canada (saskatoon and toronto) as well as a friend who has moved here (DC) from canada. They've all confirmed (after looking at the page) that the term "hoser" is common knowledge, and that the definition and article look fine. How does one find a source to cite here? ... aa:talk 08:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Common knowledge, but as a Canadian I can say I have never heard anyone actually use it, when not referring to or impersonating Bob and Doug.  70.50.54.147 22:29, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

text: My experience with the term, being a high schooler from British Columbia is that it is indeed common knowledge, but not too frequently used.  I think the description is also too specific.  It is simply a generic insult.  However, this is only my experence from any area not as Canadian as southern Ontario where I'm sure the term is used much more often. Dan M 22:01, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

text: I too, am Canadian (born and raised), but had NEVER heard the terms "hoser" or "take off" prior to the release of Bob and Doug McKenkie's Great White North album in 1981.  My friends and I simply assumed at the time, that these terms were strictly creations of the fictitious Bob and Doug characters, which had no authentic meaning or history, and were probably used to replace otherwise obscene or offencive terms, in a humorous manner. It wasn't until a couple of years later that we realised these terms were being used to stereotype Canadianism... at which point, we simply didn't get it.  In present day vocabulary, their use is extremely uncommon, but if heard, are most likely in direct reference to the Bob and Doug characters... or the silliness behind typical Canadian stereotyping myths.  The use of such terminology however, is simply not effective when applied to the those whom are not old enough to remember Bob and Doug McKenzie.-- Rick. 142.68.50.33 17:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  verification 

message: I recall that during the 1973 Oil Crisis, doves of Canadians were going over the US border and stealing gas from cars by syphoning the gas with rubber hoses. It got so bad that one of the governors of the bordering states joked to reporters "We gotta stop these hosers!" in a joke. It was picked-up by Johnny Carson who repeated it one night. So the governor (who I need to find out for ya'll who it was) said it first, but the other guys made it popular in the 80's.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.105.115.160 (talk) 05:36, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  I gotta find my source on this, but... 

message: The lede does not say what this term actually means. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:33, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning 

message: :It is not often used by Canadians, but it is sometimes used as typical Canadian slang by others.
Still waiting citation. I don't believe it myself. 
Perhaps, like "eh", people imitating Canadians might exaggerate how much we use it, but that doesn't mean it's not common. --99.248.9.224 (talk) 17:55, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  not often used by canadians? 

message: I know you up their (in canada dummy)aren't very bright do to your parents mating with mooses, but its pretty bad that you did'nt have a definition  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.35.45.87 (talk) 23:47, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ???? 

message: What does "to reference or imitate Canadians" mean? John Link (talk) 21:22, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  to reference or imitate Canadians