Hoon vs Soon - What's the difference?
hoon | soon |
(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 ,
Occurring within a short time, or quickly.
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Within a short time; quickly.
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Readily; willingly; used with would , or some other word expressing will.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
As a noun hoon
is a pimp.As a verb hoon
is to drive excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly.As an adjective soon is
occurring within a short time, or quickly.As an adverb soon is
immediately, instantly.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.
Anagrams
* ----soon
English
(wikipedia soon)Adjective
(er)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
Adverb
(er)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,
Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
- How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
- I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.