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		GrinningFool on Nov 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Lot of Damage in Grindavík huck - to throw or toss; to launch oneself in the air hoke - to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or hokey quality to

lisper on Nov 14, 2023 [–]

Well, whadyaknow. TIL.

GrinningFool on Nov 21, 2023 | [–]

Me too, for 'hoke'. For 'huck' I first encountered it watching Tucker and Dale, as in "he just hucked himself in the wood chipper!"

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