My word "hongo" has offended...Mr. Hongo.

I made up a word when I was a kid - "hongo". I submitted it to Urban Dictionary and they accepted the word and my definition.

Yesterday, someone posted this comment on my blog regarding that definition:

Anonymous said...
Hongo is not a word its a Japanese last name and a very popular one. In fact its my last name and I find it really offensive that you would use someone's name as a slang term.
April 23, 2009 8:31 PM

And I commented back:

Jeff Ircink said...
according to Urban Dictionary, it IS a word - MY word. i'm sure "Kong" is someone's last name too - did you get all bent outta shape about the movie, "King Kong"? get a life, Mr. Hongo.
April 23, 2009 8:36 PM

...and of course, I had to get the last word in:

Jeff Ircink said...
and if your last name was so honorable, why did you post under "anonymous"? you must not be that proud of your name, Mr. HONGO.
April 23, 2009 8:37 PM

...and pour salt on poor Mr. Hongo's wounds:

Jeff Ircink said...
interestingly, should someone with the last name "Cock" get upset because "cock" is a slang word for "penis"? what if your first name is "Dick"? there's another slang name for my cock...i mean, my penis.
April 24, 2009 8:22 AM

I wonder if my needling of Mr. Hongo qualifies as "torture" or "cruel and unusual punishment"?

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"hongo" makes Urban Dictionary online!

My word, "hongo", has been officially accepted by Urban Dictionary, an online slang dictionary written by the public. Here's the official listing and access to the site.

Check out my original post on "hongo" here. Now quit being a hongo and let other people read this.

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Cranberry, adj., "a complete and utter idiot"

#7 definition of "cranberry" from the Urban Dictionary online. That's not the "cranberry" I was thinking of when I picked this puppy up at an antique store in Santa Barbara last weekend. It's a reproduction, but a nice conversation piece from my home state.

Did you know that cranberries are a native species to Wisconsin and are the state's leading fruit crop both in terms of acreage and value? I didn't. Cranberries are produced on about 13,600 acres in 19 of Wisconsin's 72 counties (1996 statistic).

So next time you pop a cranberry in your mouth, think of me and Wisconsin. And the next time you cross paths with an idiot - just call him/her a "cranberry".

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Origami No. 11 - "hongo" defined.

"Hongo"

v, 'hahng-go: to hog anything - but specifically, a ball of any sort used during a sporting competition; applicable to all sports events where a ball is used to score.

"Hey man, quit being a hongo and throw me the ball!"

The Ircink brothers publicly claim this as our word, a word defined by us. We used it extensively in the 1970's growing up in Milwaukee and we have found no legal documentation on the Internet that the definition, as we are using it here, has been claimed or that the word as defined by us even exists. As we used the word, we have the right to claim the word. Any use of the word without permission is strictly forbidden.

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