by Dai G.A.B March 23, 2007
1. a steel or plastic helmet worn to protect one's head from falling objects or debris.
2. a worker who wears a hard hat.
2. a worker who wears a hard hat.
by Light Joker August 21, 2005
What happens to the male reproductive organ after being not used for sexual intercourse for an extended period of time.
by Momma VC December 12, 2010
An adjective describing a person that is seemingly unphased by anything. Derived from the Hong Kong movie Hard Boiled directed by John Woo.
by Ace April 11, 2004
In economics, a policy in which the authorities insist on some permanent, precise guarantee of the value of the local currency to some other thing: a unit measure of gold, the US dollar, the euro, or the pound. Historically, the US dollar had a hard peg to gold from 1946 to 1971, while other currencies in the developed world had a hard peg to the US dollar. Since 1971, most of the world's money is in floating currency (whose relative value is set by the free market).
Nonetheless, advocates of hard pegs frequently downplay the ... difficulties of establishing greater nominal flexibility in fiscal spending and wages...
by abu yahya June 24, 2008
Refers to the attractiveness rating scale of 1-10. "10" being the rating and "hard" designating that the person being rated is solidly, without doubt deserving of that rating. Hard can be used as the prefix to any of the 1-10 numbers. Its opposite being "soft 10"
by ajs11 December 01, 2013
The hidden purpose of all female fashion and the "beauty industry" that supports it -- namely, to help to generate male erections. Sometimes abbreviated to "the H.O. Factor," it is what some feminists treat with disdain and attempt to subvert by refusing to wear make-up. Every fashion designer, male or female, recognizes its importance, however, as, instinctively, do all heterosexual women.
She: I looooooove the new Chloe collection, especially those floor-length dresses and baggy blouses with long sleeves!
He: But they completely lack the H.O. Factor.
She: The whaaaat??
He: The Hard-On Factor: they are absolutely NOT arousing ... not even a twitch ....
He: But they completely lack the H.O. Factor.
She: The whaaaat??
He: The Hard-On Factor: they are absolutely NOT arousing ... not even a twitch ....
by ring-tailed roarer September 10, 2009