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Hoid vs Roid - What's the difference?

hoid | roid |

As a verb hoid

is eye dialect of from=NYC lang=en.

As a noun roid is

anabolic steroids.

hoid

English

Verb

  • * 1927 , James Stevens, Mattock , A. A. Knopf, page 217,
  • *:"I've hoid of dat state. It's whur de Mormons all are...."
  • * 1956 , Elmer Rice, Street Scene: A Play in Three Acts , , ISBN 0573615896, Act III, page 117,
  • *:"Why, ain't you hoid ? He was last seen, flyin' over Nova Scotia, on his way to Paris."
  • * 1997 , Spider Robinson, Callahan's Legacy , Tor/Forge, ISBN 0812550358, page 153,
    • Tink o' de woist sting you ever hoid of dat de cops found out about.

    roid

    English

    Alternative forms

    * 'roid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (bodybuilding, slang) Anabolic steroids.
  • (sports, slang) Illegal and/or banned performance-enhancing steroids used by athletes and others.
  • (vulgar, slang) Hemorrhoids.

    • Derived terms

    * roid rage

    See also

    * gym candy * pumpers ----