minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish62•2 months agoBack in the dark ages of the 1950s or 1960s, there was a fairly common slang initialism “BMOC” which stood for big man on campus. So this panel riffs on that with “HBOC” meaning hunchback on campus.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 months agoAs a fellow hunchback, I can confirm this (wish I was joking). :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoI’ve heard BNOC recently (big name on campus)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•2 months agoBMOC was pretty common at one point for “Big Man on Campus” so I think it’s a play on that. Though the QB was often a BMOC, so you’re not far off!
minus-squareVictorlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoSomething something Head Bitch In Charge (HBIC) vs HBOC (perhaps Head Bastard On Campus?). Maybe something to do with Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer syndrome?
HBOC? something about quarter back vs hump back?
Back in the dark ages of the 1950s or 1960s, there was a fairly common slang initialism “BMOC” which stood for big man on campus. So this panel riffs on that with “HBOC” meaning hunchback on campus.
As a fellow hunchback, I can confirm this (wish I was joking). :)
I’ve heard BNOC recently (big name on campus)
BMOC was pretty common at one point for “Big Man on Campus” so I think it’s a play on that.
Though the QB was often a BMOC, so you’re not far off!
Something something Head Bitch In Charge (HBIC) vs HBOC (perhaps Head Bastard On Campus?).
Maybe something to do with Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer syndrome?