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The lazy way for the palm tree beckons
Jun 4, 2005 12:47
18 yrs ago
English term

T-Bird and got ho'ed up in court for it

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Here is the passage: "We didn't always get a real clear picture of what that was in the Projects. it was just a word you used after Your if you happened to get caught smoking reefer or lifging the spinners off some guys T-Bird and got ho'ed up in court for it."

Please tell me what is "T-Bird and ho'ed up in court for it" mean.

Thank you.

Macky
Responses
4 +14 T-Bird (car) and got hauled into court for it
5 +3 T-Bird is a Ford Thunderbird (a car)... and hauled into court...
4 not for grading

Responses

+14
2 mins
Selected

T-Bird (car) and got hauled into court for it

Mike :)

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-04 12:49:52 GMT)
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T-Bird is Thunderbird

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-04 12:50:26 GMT)
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In informal regional speech, in this case imitating the southern drawl (spoken in the southeastern US)

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-06-04 12:51:41 GMT)
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In informal English, someone gets \"hauled into court\", and in some dialects of English informally the pronunciation is closer to what is written in the example. Likewise, it is quite common to refer to a Tunderbird as a T-Bird.
Peer comment(s):
agree Lindsay Sabadosa (X) : Definitely!
2 mins
Thank you, LSabadosa - Mike :)
agree JH Trads
8 mins
Thank you, Hugo - Mike :)
agree Johan Venter
19 mins
Thank you, venter - Mike :)
agree Charlie Bavington : as warbled about by the Beach Boys, wasn't it?
24 mins
Thank you, Charlie - imagine, back to the sixties - Mike :)
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
28 mins
Thank you, Vicky - Mike :)
agree RHELLER
29 mins
Thank you, Rita - Mike :)
agree George Rabel : fun fun fun til....
42 mins
daddy takes the T-Bird away, awaaaayy, awaay waay waay waay waay -
agree Nick Lingris : Or perhaps not southern drawl. People unfamiliar with "hauled into court" may mistakenly say "holed up in court".
45 mins
Thank you, Nick Lingris - interesting place to be holed up - Mike :)
agree Can Altinbay : It may be worth pointin out that "T-Bird" goes with "lifTing the spinners off some guy's" - "you" are hauled off to court for stealing tires.
2 hrs
Thank you, Can - Mike :)
agree npis
3 hrs
Thank you, npis - Mike :)
agree Katherine Hodkinson : yes, important lack of an apostrophe in "some guy's T-Bird"
3 hrs
Thank you, Katherine - Mike :)
disagree Bryan Saliamonas : "ho'ed up" means "whored up" (very sexy clothes, cosmetics, hair). In this context, especially if the ones getting ho'ed up are male, then I would guess that it means being mistreated (like a prostitute). Definitely not "holed up".
4 hrs
Your answer makes no sense to me in this context. For stealing hubcaps you get "hored up" in court? No one said it is "holed up" , We are stating it is "hauled into court". I would ask the judge for a summary judgment if you gave this argument. Mike :
agree Lingo Pros : Reading the title reminded me of Grease first :-)) http://www.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/pony/400116back-m... (Bryan is right considering Black jargon in the Projects)
5 hrs
Thank you, Lingo - I agree that it could be possible in isolation, but in this context ... - Mike :)
agree Alfa Trans (X)
18 hrs
agree KNielsen
1 day 11 hrs
agree Quicksilver
1 day 13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for help."
+3
5 mins

T-Bird is a Ford Thunderbird (a car)... and hauled into court...

for stealing the hubcaps...
Peer comment(s):
agree RHELLER
25 mins
thanks
agree KNielsen
1 day 11 hrs
agree Quicksilver
1 day 13 hrs
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30 mins

not for grading

Definition of spinners (lifting the spinners = stealing the rims)

Spinners: Rims with an attachment on the outside of the actual wheel frame, that gives the illusion of wheels moving faster than they are. There are many different types of spinners, original spinners are a type of rim (like on Dei Hamo’s vid clip), so the spinning looks like it’s on the inside of the rim.

Rims: Pretty self-explanatory, the rims are the wheels (NOT tyres) on a car.

Chromies: Referring to the type of metal used for the rims (Chrome).
Reference:

http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/aboutyou/carstuff

Peer comment(s):
neutral Ken Cox : Hi Rita -- I think you've been taken for a ride by your reference. Spinners are not rims. In this context, they're a type of fancy hubcap that is supposed to look like the spinners (large nuts with wings) used (formerly?) to mount wheels on race cars.
4 hrs
Hi Kenneth - I agreed with the other two answers ; I had heard of stealing hubcaps (very popular activity in Los Angeles, where I grew up) but wanted to get a more precise definition - glad you are familiar with the REAL meaning :-) thanks
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