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Question about that "Hon. Sessions" sign in front of Jeff Sessions: What does "Hon" mean? (Original Post)
Towlie
Nov 2017
OP
grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. Honarable
Honorable.
Response to Towlie (Original post)
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FSogol
(45,525 posts)3. HOrreNdous n/t
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)4. Not a damn thing
Just a joke
ck4829
(35,090 posts)5. Hoarder Of Not-able-to-recall
Cary
(11,746 posts)7. It means creepy.
As in one really, really creepy dude.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)8. Honey Trapped? nt
Aristus
(66,462 posts)9. Southern waitress-talk.
"Looky here, hon. Jes' sit yerself down right here, 'n' th'Congressmins will be right witcha!"
nolabear
(41,991 posts)12. LOL! Beat me to it.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)18. My first thought as well
True Dough
(17,320 posts)10. It's a typo
Should have been "Con"
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)11. According to the always reliable Urban Dictionary
This seems about right!
Hon
A female from the Hampden or Highlandtown neighborhoods of Baltimore. Generally women do nor reach hon status until they are over 40. She is either 30 lbs overweight or 30 lbs underweight. Her teeth are crooked or missing. She wears a bathrobe all day (known in hon land as a housecoat). She may have curlers in her hair in broad daylight. Maybe even at the Motor Vehicles Administration when she has her picture taken for her driver's license. She smokes. She may have an oxygen tank that she pulls along with her dog when she takes him for a stroll. If she does have a dog, its a Pitbull. If she doesn't, she has numerous cats who all hang out on her front porch. She lives in a rowhouse with her husband who is probably a lot skinner than her. Her porch and front yard are intensely decorated with all manner of statuettes---trolls, Virgin Marys, pink flamingos are hon favorites. There is probably some sort of shrine to the Orioles or the Ravens as well and a birdbath and some seasonal items. She speaks loudly and with an Xtreme Bawlmore accent. Do not not let her appearance and manner of speaking scare you. She is as sweet as pie. She'll call YOU "hon" and if you're from Bawlmore, you'll wave and say "How you doin Deelores?" to which she'll reply something along the lines of "Can't complain hon. Can't complain."
Her forbears were immortalized by John Waters in the Movie "Hair Spray." Please see the movie for further honformation.
Two hons talking to one another (see honversation)
"Hey hon, Where's Elmer?"
"He's downna Royal Farm Store getting a soda hon"
"Hon, if you see him tell him I's lookin for em"
"Okay hon"
"Thanks hon"
A female from the Hampden or Highlandtown neighborhoods of Baltimore. Generally women do nor reach hon status until they are over 40. She is either 30 lbs overweight or 30 lbs underweight. Her teeth are crooked or missing. She wears a bathrobe all day (known in hon land as a housecoat). She may have curlers in her hair in broad daylight. Maybe even at the Motor Vehicles Administration when she has her picture taken for her driver's license. She smokes. She may have an oxygen tank that she pulls along with her dog when she takes him for a stroll. If she does have a dog, its a Pitbull. If she doesn't, she has numerous cats who all hang out on her front porch. She lives in a rowhouse with her husband who is probably a lot skinner than her. Her porch and front yard are intensely decorated with all manner of statuettes---trolls, Virgin Marys, pink flamingos are hon favorites. There is probably some sort of shrine to the Orioles or the Ravens as well and a birdbath and some seasonal items. She speaks loudly and with an Xtreme Bawlmore accent. Do not not let her appearance and manner of speaking scare you. She is as sweet as pie. She'll call YOU "hon" and if you're from Bawlmore, you'll wave and say "How you doin Deelores?" to which she'll reply something along the lines of "Can't complain hon. Can't complain."
Her forbears were immortalized by John Waters in the Movie "Hair Spray." Please see the movie for further honformation.
Two hons talking to one another (see honversation)
"Hey hon, Where's Elmer?"
"He's downna Royal Farm Store getting a soda hon"
"Hon, if you see him tell him I's lookin for em"
"Okay hon"
"Thanks hon"
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Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)13. Abbreviation for "Honey Bunches of Oats"
He uses them for baking cookies in his magical tree.
skip fox
(19,359 posts)14. It's Lilliputian for
"hung." Which means for them over 2 inches.
Cirque du So-What
(25,973 posts)15. It's an acronym
for 'Hores Orate Nonsense.'
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)16. Cabinet members are styled Honorable
The ones we have arent, but thats not the issue. Its just what they call them.