What does HOF mean?

[AmyStrange]

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Hi all.

This is for the DU Glossary.

Anyone know?

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[pinboy3niner]

1. History of Feminism (Group)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1255

[AmyStrange]

2. Awesome...

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thank you three-niner,

makes sense,

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[Wounded Bear]

3. Hall of Fame...

That would be in the sports groups.

[AmyStrange]

4. Thank you...

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WB,

another good one,

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[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Heretical Ol' Fundies? Glad to help.

[AmyStrange]

7. Really?

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Mom, is that you? Just kiddin',

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[MiddleFingerMom]

10. That was (and this is) actually "Mom".

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[AmyStrange]

31. That baby pix is just too much...

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Thank you Mom,

I can see why they say HOF instead of heretical old fundies (did I write that right?), it's certainly a mouth full, but what does it mean? Old fundamentalist that are hypocritically and fundamentally heretical?

Miss you Mom,

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[MiddleFingerMom]

41. I'm on my way back.

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[AmyStrange]

47. Ha ha ha...

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that's funny Mom,

that IS suppose to be funny right, and not a "Monkey's Paw" back from the dead kind of funny right?

Oh well, I thought it was funny, thanx Mom,

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[pokerfan]

6. Higher-Order Function

Higher-Order Function - (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g. map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function.
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Higher-Order+Function

[AmyStrange]

8. What?

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I'm gonna have to check that one out fan,

sounds interesting, but it also sounds like double-negative talk.

Sorry, watching a Godzilla movie and my mind is in mush mode,

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[rurallib]

9. half order fries

[AmyStrange]

32. hmmm...

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thank you libbie,

Missed that one the first time around.

And like Tenacious D would say, "and take the rest of them and stick them up your... "

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[Kali]

11. duh...

[Dr. Strange]

12. Oh, time for the Annual Lounge Gross-Out Competition, is it?

Fine. It's on!

[AmyStrange]

17. It's a tie...

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the two pictures above are both GREAT!!! I love them both, you both win,

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[HarveyDarkey]

13. House of Flancakes

Puts IHOP to shame

[AmyStrange]

18. I'll bet it does...

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Thank you HarveyD,

but are flancakes real or does it matter?

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[HarveyDarkey]

21. Oh, they're real

[AmyStrange]

27. mmmmmmmmmmm

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looks tasty Harvey D,

AND THEIR BIG TOO!!!

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[sharp_stick]

14. It means RUN!

don't click any links, don't reply with anything that could possibly be taken wrongly for any reason.

Just get the hell out now!

It's the equivalent of walking into an old abandoned house and hearing a ghostly voice groan "GET OUT".

[AmyStrange]

19. You're pulling my leg, right?

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Thank you Sharpie,

but you'll have to explain why HOF makes you want to run or is it just a feeling you get?

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[sharp_stick]

26. Yes I'm pulling your leg

HoF was the scene of some really memorable flame wars some time ago. There were days when just opening the group caused blistering.

[AmyStrange]

28. That does explain a lot...

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Sharpie and thank you,

I remember the old days when just mentioning Howard Dean's name anywhere in here would do the same thing.

Gotta love the DU,

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[tavernier]

15. They just found

half of Hoffa?

[AmyStrange]

20. This is definitely...

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the funniest one yet, hehehe.

Thank you Dr. T,

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[RedCloud]

16. Hint of French

When you peruse literature, you some times find a HOF in the passage:

I tried to uncover the mystery behind the interdimensionals when it dawned upon me: La vérité vaut bien qu'on passe quelques années sans la trouver. This helped me become the procrastinator that I am today.

Book 7 (not yet written)

[AmyStrange]

22. Nice

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Thank you Red,

and classy sounding too,

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[Liberal Veteran]

23. Horny Old Fruitcake - nt

[AmyStrange]

24. Too much...

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Thank you LV,

but that was way too much information, but funny too, hehehe,

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[Liberal Veteran]

25. Like we say in St. Olaf, Christmas without fruitcake...

...is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy

[AmyStrange]

29. I like that...

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HV and thank you again,

and I don't mean to be mean, but the word "Olaf" is funny all by itself.

It's sounds like something you would say after making an elephant disappear, but maybe that's just me.

But I do have to ask, what's the story with Sigmund and the headless boy?

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[Liberal Veteran]

30. I....I don't know.

It was just some Rose Nylund said on the Golden Girls once and it struck me as funny as hell.

[AmyStrange]

33. Was that Maude's Mom?

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she was funny as hell on that show. I still watch it now and again.

The "Maude" I'm referring to is the Actress that was in both shows. Can't remember her name off the top of my head. Beatrice Arthur sounds right? Anyway, hope I didn't confuse you too much,

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[HappyMe]

38. No, Rose Nylund was Betty White.

Maude's mom was Sophia Petrillo played by Estelle Getty.

[AmyStrange]

48. Thank you Happy

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both of them were funny on that show,

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[pintobean]

34. There's a pet shop near me

called "House Of Fido". Locals have been calling it "The HOF" for as long as I can remember. This is the first time I've mentioned it on DU. I wouldn't want anyone to think I'm trying to imply anything.

Then there's this:

[AmyStrange]

36. Is that a pix of Fido...

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Has anyone ever called one of their kids Fido?

For that matter, has anyone ever really called their dog Fido? And where did the name Fido come from?

Anyway, thank you pinto for sharing an interesting take on all this,

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[eppur_se_muova]

58. It means faithful or loyal ...

Originally from Latin; both Italian and Spanish apparently use fido as a noun.

We think of dogs as faithful companions; hence the use of the word 'Fido' as a generic term for domesticated dogs. Google Answers result for this name says that Fido was Abraham Lincoln's dog and because of Lincoln's celebrity status many people gave the same name to their dogs.

It certainly seems that Lincoln valued Fido, even though he couldn't take the dog with him to Washington.

I wondered why this name ended with the letter 'o' and then I recalled from my long-ago, short stint of learning Latin that this is a first-person verb ending. A site listing male names says it means 'I trust'. Hmm... who trusted whom? Did Lincoln name the dog because he trusted it, or did he believe his dog trusted him?

The University of Notre Dame Latin dictionary defines 'fido' as 'to trust, believe, confide in'. Okay, that's good - next time I find myself confiding my problems to my dog I won't feel embarrassed.

Etymology of First Names defines it as 'I am faithful'. Seems to me that's putting a slightly different emphasis on the relationship.

Eric Partridge, in Origins, A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, defines this name on page 197 as having probably come into English through the Italian word fido, meaning trusty.

http://wordsallaround.blogspot.com/2008/09/origin-of-dog-name-fido.html

Remember the Marines' motto: semper fidelis, ever faithful.

And don't forget Felix means "happy one"; word play on felis as well.

[pinboy3niner]

35. Half Off Frankenfurters

"Who cares what's in 'em? THEY'RE HALF OFF, DUDE!1!!"

[AmyStrange]

37. Now that...

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is definitely funny, hehehe. Thank you Three Niner for sharing,

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[HappyMe]

39. Help Old Fanbelts!

House Of Hamsters!

Haircutters Of Fortune!

House On Fire!

[AmyStrange]

43. I'll give you three out of four...

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Happy, and thank you for sharing,

but House of Hamsters? You'll have to explain that one please,

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[ismnotwasm]

40. Come visit

[AmyStrange]

44. Yes do...

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where we going ism?

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[ismnotwasm]

50. Here ya go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1255


Coincidently, I was looking over an old DU acronyms thread just yesterday, as well as the name change ones. They're fun.

[AmyStrange]

51. They are...

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and thank you for the link iswas,

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[bigwillq]

42. Hall of Fame

Yup, that's it.

[AmyStrange]

45. Yankees vs Red Sox...

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Hey Big,

the best rivalry known to man

(except maybe that Manchester Union thing they got going on in England?)

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(I'm a Red Sox fan)

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[bigwillq]

46. It is the best rivalry!

[AmyStrange]

49. Hell must have frozen over

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when a Red Sox fan and Yankee fan agree on something. Hehehe, just kidding Big,

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[Pab Sungenis]

52. House of Fun.

[AmyStrange]

53. Madness...

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Thank you Pab,

is "Madness" still around?

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[Pab Sungenis]

55. They performed at the Olympics last year.

They also put out a new album: "Oui oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da."

[AmyStrange]

57. Cool...

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good for them. They were one of my fave MTV groups from the 80s. You know, when MTV actually showed Music Videos...

Thanx Pab,

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[Enrique]

54. Hyplofluorous acid

you're welcome.

[AmyStrange]

56. Interesting...

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and definitely true. Thank you Dr. E,

FROM Wikipedia:

Hypofluorous acid is the chemical compound with the formula HOF. It is an intermediate in the oxidation of water by fluorine, which produces hydrogen fluoride and oxygen. It is the only hypohalous acid that can be isolated as a solid.

Formula: HOF
Molar mass: 36.0057 g/mol
Boiling point: 32°F (0.0°C)

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