Etymograph

English

hodad

Hodad may come from Spanish jodido ‘fucked, difficult, annoying’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentjodido‘fucked, difficult, annoying’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayhodad

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentjodido‘fucked, difficult, annoying’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayhodad

The story

Dad, though no evidence for this derivation is known.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted. The suggestion that it derives from Western Hemisphere Spanish jodido (‘fucked, difficult, annoying’) similarly lacks evidence; also the vowel change from -did to -dad is unexplained.

Every English word from Spanish jodido

Today it means

noun Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers.

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Etymograph / Spanish jodido / hodad

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