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Hodad vs Surfer - What's the difference?

hodad | surfer |

As nouns the difference between hodad and surfer

is that hodad is someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs while surfer is a person who rides a surfboard.

hodad

English

Alternative forms

ho-dad

Noun

(en noun)
  • (surfing, slang) Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs.

    • surfer

    English

    (wikipedia surfer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who rides a surfboard.
  • A person who surfs the Internet.
  • A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata ).

    • Synonyms

    * surf rider (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * silver surfer * surfie