Pronunciation: ho'kiz'um
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle Hillbilly & Late White Trashian; from Middle Hillbilly howgism, from Late White Trashian trailer vernacular, from Spanish trasho del blanco, from French trasche blanche

1. A catch phrase commonly used by White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson.
2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.


 
 · He gone
 · Gaaaas
 · Duck snort
 · Grab some bench
 · Chopper, two hopper
 · Cinch it up and hunker down
 · Sit back, relax, and strap it down
 · I Luuuuuuuv cotton candy
 · I Luuuuuuuv e-mail
 · I Luuuuuuuv America
 · I Luuuuuuuv when you analyze
 · I Luuuuuuuv hats
 · I Luuuuuuuv that duck
 · Catbird seat
 · Hang wiff 'em
 · Roll him up right here
 · Sacks packed with Sox
 · You can cancel the post game show
 · C'mon, you gotta do some chunkin' right here
 · We've got 'em right where we want 'em
 · Zone him in, reel him in, and light him up
 · Gotta bristle up right here
 · Big hack, no contack
 · C'mon, be a two strike hitter
 · We got a whooole lotta work to do
 · He's on the bump tomorrow
 · That ball hit deep
 · Dadgum right
 · Good speed aboard
 · He needs to bow his neck
 · Right size, wrong shape
 · He just missed that one
 · Double barrel of action
 · Down to their last bullet
 · Thank you very much
 · Ducks on the pond
 · Rack ‘em up
 · Stay fair
 · Get foul
 · Poof
 · Ball 4 base hit
 · Should be…it is
 · Mercy!
 · Get on back there
 · STRETCH
 · Can-o-corn
 · Pick-to-click
 · Sucks it up
 · Watch out
 · He got a cookie there D.J.
 · The dreaded leadoff walk
 · Getting ridden hard and put away wet
 · Lookin' for it, got it, and couldn't do nothin' with it
 · "Heiny bird???"
 · That's trouble
 · This game is "O-VAH!"
 · Way back, he looks up, you can put it on the board...YES!