Definitions by Ann Pearl Owen
home in hose
Adjective: Set for life, established, successful, elated, on cloud nine.
Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.
Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.
Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Once you pass the bar exam, you're home in hose.
She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
home in hose by Ann Pearl Owen April 4, 2008
boughten
Adjective: Purchased, bought rather than home made.
Frequently used in association with the word "store."
Archaic, rural usage derived from the obsolete past participle of the verb to buy.
Frequently used in association with the word "store."
Archaic, rural usage derived from the obsolete past participle of the verb to buy.
boughten by Ann Pearl Owen April 2, 2008
broke
Adjective, nonfunctional, in need of repair.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
broke by Ann Pearl Owen April 2, 2008