Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great unhosed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: great un-hosed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of great unwashed.

Example Sentences

"And it's not just the great unhosed. These raiders all earn over two hundred thousand pounds a year in big banks."
"Really, I can't understand why anyone would want to work in a restaurant, pandering to the random whims of the great unhosed."
"He fills the trough at which the great unhosed tuck in and pig out"

Etymology

Coined by Chris Morris in the 1997 Brass Eye episode "Crime" in a satirical parody of crime reporting, with the apparent implication that the people referred to should be cleaned with a hose like farm animals.

Questions

What does great unhosed mean?: Alternative form of great unwashed.
Where does great unhosed come from?: Coined by Chris Morris in the 1997 Brass Eye episode "Crime" in a satirical parody of crime reporting, with the apparent implication that the people referred to should be cleaned with a hose like farm animals.

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