Hoser

It's Bob and Doug McKenzie, You Hosers | Letterman

Uniberp reports:

At work today, as the days wind down for me, I was amused to see an email regarding performance of some of my tech team, using the phrase  "... who really hosed that up...". Entirely unacceptable in the passive-aggressive culture that is self-styled enlightened corporate profit gouging, this email set off a flurry of HR involvement, senior management closed door sessions, and gossip enough to choke a goose, which is fittingly appropriate, culminating with the offending party being taken to the parking lot and thrown into a uncovered manhole..

I laughed, said "Finally some plain talk."

I had to explain "hosed" to one person, and looked up the origin, found this:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hoser

toward the end... 

"Who, or What, is a Hoser?

Hosers are nearly always white men. A hoser is, to a great extent, the Canadian equivalent of American terms like “hillbilly” and “redneck” – though without the overtly racist connotations of the latter word. A parody of the Canadian public service announcement “Hinterland Who’s Who” states that, “The hoser is often found in clusters, in habitats such as the Tim Hortons parking lot, Harvey’s and hockey arenas. Feeding mainly on a diet of smokes, coffee, poutine and beer, the hoser is a colourful animal — and a slob."