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50's term for a greaser, someone who hung out at the beach, but definitely not a surfer. Hodads were into cars, music and were a type of counterculture style. These were NOT posers, as some of the other definitions had stated...Surfer's and Hodad's would be completely separate groups, that often clashed with each other.
in the beach communities in the 50's one was either a hodad or a surfer. Hodad's wore a very specific style of clothing.....black shoes, jeans, and a t-shirt (preferably white). They were NOT posers, and wouldn't be caught dead hangin' with a surfer. aka...low riders
Hodad by Petunia Petal August 7, 2006
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A non-surfer.
While riding the best wave of the day, I noticed a hodad on the beach chatting up the bikini I had my eye on.
hodad by Joe August 25, 2003
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A '50s-style greaser; a car culture person.
hodad by M. Brannon July 24, 2003
(circa 1950's) A poser (faker) surfer.

One who drives to the beach with a board on the car, sticks his board in the sand and tans and picks up Betties (See Betty).
hodad by Frito October 7, 2003
A non-surfer or poser who pretends to surf, but is complete incapable of doing so.
Look at that hodad with at board there. He's going to hurt himself.
hodad by anonymous April 5, 2004
A hoedad is a tool used to plant trees, and was adopted as the name of a collective group of tree planters based in Eugene, Oregon and who became influential in the West Coast counterculture.
I used to be a memeber of the hoedads, then I toured with a rock band, until I got my PhD in anthropology and two kids and a mortgage.
hodad by Doug February 22, 2004
Someone who clings to a mass marketed subculture that he or she believes to be edgy and dangerous.
The White Stripes record release party was attended by shiftless hodads.
Hodad by Ten Thousand October 15, 2008