Meaning & use
Hodad
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A person who hangs around a beach or surfing scene without actually surfing; a poser in surf culture.
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The real surfers scoffed at the hodad posing with a board he never used.
He was labeled a hodad because he spent more time on his phone than in the water.
A note on using this word
1960s American surf slang, originally used to mock non-surfers who hung around beaches to look cool.
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