Why is Hon a Baltimore thing?
To certain people in Baltimore, the word hon, which is short for honey, isn't just a nice thing to call someone. It's a person -- that beehived, cat's-eye-glasses-wearing, working-class woman of the late 1950s and early '60s. If you've ever seen John Waters' 1988 film Hairspray, you know what she looks like.Jan 3, 2011
To certain people in Baltimore, the word hon, which is short for honey, isn't just a nice thing to call someone. It's a person -- that beehived, cat's-eye-glasses-wearing, working-class woman of the late 1950s and early '60s. If you've ever seen John Waters' 1988 film Hairspray, you know what she looks like.Jan 3, 2011
