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Well for one thing it's excellent for debunking bullshit stories like this from The Seattle Times:

Snohomish High School calls nickname derogatory; suspends teen for T-shirt By Lynn Thompson
An item on the Snohomish School District's Web site refers to the football team's "SnoHo" traditions. And "Snoho Mojo" is both a headline in the school yearbook and the name of a local espresso stand.

But when Snohomish High senior Justin Patrick wore a T-shirt to school last month with the lettering "SNOHOS" across the front, it led to his suspension from school.

School officials say "Snohos" contains a slang term for prostitutes [ho] and is derogatory toward women.

Woah, what stellar logic school administrators have deployed. Clearly Ho-Ho's must be banned from the school cafeteria, if they're not already, in order to prevent females from being doubly offended. Jeez...

How prevalent is the usage of that notoriously offensive word "snohos?" Here's what Google has to say:

Results 1 - 5 of 5 for "Snohos"

It's listed on the vasts internets a mere 5 times? Hmmm I'm offended by that...

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Comments (19)

Wait...male prostitutes don... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Jeff Michael | March 31, 2005 5:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jeff Michael:

Wait...male prostitutes dont exist?

Posted on March 31, 2005 17:00

Not in Urban Dictionary eit... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Bill K | March 31, 2005 5:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Bill K:

Not in Urban Dictionary either.

Posted on March 31, 2005 17:09

Obviously it's a derogatory... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Michael | March 31, 2005 5:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Michael:

Obviously it's a derogatory term for Eskimo prostitutes. The male equivalent would be "snojos" or "snojohns"

Posted on March 31, 2005 17:12

Can you imagine the uproar ... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by ExRat | March 31, 2005 5:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

ExRat:

Can you imagine the uproar if Hostess were to create the "affinity pastry" for sale at the high school: SnoHo Ho-Ho?

Posted on March 31, 2005 17:15

... And of course they mus... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by ExRat | March 31, 2005 5:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

... And of course they must have already banned Santa Claus, Jabba the Hutt and anythng having to do with pirates.

Posted on March 31, 2005 17:59

To be consistent, the cafet... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by Harvey | March 31, 2005 6:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Harvey:

To be consistent, the cafeteria must also ban all Green Giant products.

Posted on March 31, 2005 18:39

there's a town of Ho-ho-kus... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by dries | March 31, 2005 7:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

dries:

there's a town of Ho-ho-kus in my part of NJ. an old Indian name, that nobody's sure about its meaning.

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:00

Actually, the male equivale... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by CrowScape | March 31, 2005 7:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

CrowScape:

Actually, the male equivalent would be SnoLos, or Snow Gigolos

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:03

Wouldn't the male be SnoSte... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | March 31, 2005 7:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

SCSIwuzzy:

Wouldn't the male be SnoSteadman?

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:11

It's obviously, as in, d'oh... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by -S- | March 31, 2005 7:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

-S-:

It's obviously, as in, d'oh, a nitpicking case of who spells what how and where:

Google results, "Sno Ho's"

While Google results, "SnoHos" is the same as yours for "Snohos"....

There's a site referencing the county/area that spells it "Sno-Hos"...

I think someone just had it in for the guy and that t-shirt.

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:16

And, don't even get me STAR... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by -S- | March 31, 2005 7:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

And, don't even get me STARTED on the Hawaiin language. They might want to ban that altogether, what with so many 'oohs' and 'u,u,u's' (pronounced, "ooh-ooh-ooh"'s), not to mention the dreaded frequency of 'uma uma''s (pronounced, 'uhmah uhmah').

Although I don't believe there's any word for "sno" in Hawaiin. So they're safe in that area.

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:21

"All pau" in Hawaiian is Pi... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by -S- | March 31, 2005 7:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

"All pau" in Hawaiian is Pidgin for "all done" (used as in, "work's finished," "day's tasks are over," "everything's completed" and similar).

Pronounced, "all POW" it could just mean that there's a threat in there....

Sarcasm pau.

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:23

I want to know what the "ch... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by wavemaker | March 31, 2005 7:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

wavemaker:

I want to know what the "choice words" were, because I suspect they were well deserved, and I'll double the kid's allowancefor the pleasure of hearing them. But let's wait for an expert on first amendment law to instruct us on what's right and what isn't.

Posted on March 31, 2005 19:25

Anybody know how to get one... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by Insomniac | March 31, 2005 8:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Insomniac:

Anybody know how to get one of those t-shirts?

Posted on March 31, 2005 20:06

Used to live in Snohomish (... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by King of Fools | March 31, 2005 8:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

King of Fools:

Used to live in Snohomish (which is incidentally in Snohomish County). But I did not attend school there so I guess I never was a Snoho.

Posted on March 31, 2005 20:25

The reason the state is nam... (Below threshold)

16. Posted by proud to be a sno-ho | March 31, 2005 11:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

proud to be a sno-ho:

The reason the state is named Washington is someone thought the original name of Columbia, as in Columbia river, was too likely to be confused with District of Columbia. So some other genius decided to name it Washington. Between that, Rep. McDermott, the bogus gubernatorial election, and now the SnoHo principal we've got a fine tradition of moronic public officials out here.

Posted on March 31, 2005 23:49

I see a purge of lesson pla... (Below threshold)

17. Posted by Raina | March 31, 2005 11:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Raina:

I see a purge of lesson planning. We'll have to leave the Hopi out of history books from now on. Any english books about the concept of hope must be taken off the reading list. The shop class will have to send out all their blades to be honed, since young and impressionable students obviously shouldn't be doing that. Oh, and chemistry students can't make a solute anymore, because if you take out the o and the e, that says slut.

At least we finally have a reason why it is inappropriate to discuss homosexuality with 5 year olds.

Posted on March 31, 2005 23:50

I think it was downright ni... (Below threshold)

18. Posted by Vie | April 1, 2005 9:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Vie:

I think it was downright niggardly of the administrators to do this.

What's next, banning Santa Claus??

Oh, wait.......

Posted on April 1, 2005 09:34

"Wait...male prostitutes do... (Below threshold)

19. Posted by Vie | April 1, 2005 9:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

"Wait...male prostitutes dont exist?"

Yes, but the correct term for them is "Gannons", not "hos".

Posted on April 1, 2005 09:35

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