# Santa's "Ho Ho Ho" called insulting to women **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531 "2007-11-15T14:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/1 "2007-11-15T14:08:37Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl\_asia\_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat) I’m awfully suspicious. Why would Australians cebnsure use of “Ho Ho Ho” because it resembles _American_ slang? Especially since no one has raised this issue here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/2 "2007-11-15T14:10:12Z")
Quite frankly, I’ve always thought that the jolly green giant was behaving inappropriately as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/3 "2007-11-15T14:13:28Z")
And I can tell you things about Peter Pan, and the Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/4 "2007-11-15T14:32:58Z")
**Ludovic** , you left off the [/Tom Lehrer] Not to mention the parenthetical “(There’s a Dirty Old Man)” (Heck, you need it for the _rhyme_, if nothing else.) ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/5 "2007-11-15T14:34:15Z")
Still … ol’ Santa’s cleaned it up a lot since the old “Bitch, bitch, bitch” days… ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/6 "2007-11-15T14:45:10Z")
I hear outsourcing the labor force has helped his attitude quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/7 "2007-11-15T14:48:23Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Still … ol’ Santa’s cleaned it up a lot since the old “Bitch, bitch, bitch” days… [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/8 "2007-11-15T14:49:31Z")
**Ponder** , **Ponder** , **Ponder** … Please note sig. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/9 "2007-11-15T14:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] 😃 [/QUOTE] Double that! 😃 \*\* ChiefScott \*\*, you may stick this smilie in your bottom. 😛 Ok, wait, upon reading the article - they say it would be offensive to _women_? So what the hell, they’re implying all women are ho-ho-whores??? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/10 "2007-11-15T15:08:09Z")
Ho, Ho, Ho and to all a good night! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/11 "2007-11-15T15:18:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Ok, wait, upon reading the article - they say it would be offensive to women? So what the hell, they’re implying all women are ho-ho-whores??? Haha, I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/12 "2007-11-15T15:20:39Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Haha, I love you. [/QUOTE] 🙂 Right back at ya, babe. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/13 "2007-11-15T15:25:15Z")
I think the real problem here is that Santa only comes once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/14 "2007-11-15T15:28:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I think the real problem here is that Santa only comes once a year. [/QUOTE] That would drive me bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/15 "2007-11-15T16:07:25Z")
Well, let’s examine this, shall we? Obviously, “Ho, Ho, Ho” is now too offensive. Is it too late to move back to “Slut, Slut, Slut”? Perhaps we should drop the entire repeating thing and go with the nice, plain traditional route: “Bitch, you fucked my brother and now I’m going to take a dump in your stocking”. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/16 "2007-11-15T16:07:34Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] That would drive me bonkers. [/QUOTE] “Santa, are you aware that there is an elf wearing a helmet in your pants?” “Yeah, he’s driving me nuts.” ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/17 "2007-11-15T16:10:24Z")
Is Rudolph’s nose red from chafing? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/18 "2007-11-15T19:33:24Z")
Well, maybe Santa can use Jack Chick’s patented “HAW HAW HAW” instead. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/19 "2007-11-15T19:45:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I think the real problem here is that Santa only comes once a year. [/QUOTE] And even then, it’s down a chimney. Personally, I’d like to see a Santa say “Tee-hee-hee.” But the bastard skipped my house throughout childhood, so I’m all for him embarassing himself. ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/20 "2007-11-15T19:52:03Z")
I would so pay to see someone Down Under wearing that Christmas-themed pimp hat I saw in Spencer’s a few years back, and then saying it, just to really cause a stir. And a candycane-striped cane. With a snowglobe at the top. …I think I’ve just come up with the best costume ever. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531.md?page=2)