I've heard this phrase used often to describe a person, most recently in the Pope of Greenwich Village where a guy was described as an "Irish hard-on."
What does this mean? If its just an insult without particular meaning, which I suspect it might be, then what is the etymology of it?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hard--on :Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),2. A severe and intolerant person, esp a martinet leader or superior : Stone is turning into a world-class hard-on (1980s+)
tailor STATELY
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 11-23-2015 at 07:11 PM. Reason: quote
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Perhaps a mishearing of 'hard man'?
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
or a morphing from "hard 'un" maybe?
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