Hoon vs Foon - What's the difference?
hoon | foon |
(Australia, slang, dated) A pimp.
* 2010 , Adam Shand, The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia's Toughest Cop ,
(Australia, slang) A lout.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
* 2009 ,
* 2009 , Damien Broderick, Rory Barnes, I'm Dying Here ,
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.
hoon
(dated) A unit of weight, used to measure opium in British-controlled China.
* 1860 , James Aberigh Mackay, From London to Lucknow , Volume 2,
* 2005 , Derek Mackay, Eastern Customs: The Customs Service in British Malaya and the Hunt for Opium ,
As nouns the difference between hoon and foon
is that hoon is (australia|slang|dated) a pimp or hoon can be (dated) a unit of weight, used to measure opium in british-controlled china while foon is a spork.As a verb hoon
is (australia|new zealand|slang) to drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.hoon
English
Etymology 1
Uncertain origin. Pimp sense from early 20th c.Noun
(en noun)page 86,
- When the girls were sick, the hoons would beat the shit out of them and put them back on the street.
Victoria Police Home Page, State of Victoria,
- Police have impounded an average of 10 cars a day since hoon laws were introduced by the State Government in June 2006.
page 29,
- The hoons piled out of the wreck brimming with righteous road rage, and were setlling to the task of beating the shit out of Wozza, Mutton and the hapless wheelman when they discovered the plastic bag.
Derived terms
*hoonishVerb
(en verb)External links
* http://www.stensrude.com/Oz.htmlEtymology 2
From Chinese.Noun
(en noun)page 553,
- Their average consumption was six hoons'. The greatest daily consumption by one man was fifteen ' hoons ; the smallest, two. The average number of years they had been addicted to the smoking of opium was seven years and some odd months.
page 141,
- The average smoker used only four hoons''''', leaving him 36 '''''hoons , nearly half an ounce, to sell on the black market.