What the Hoon?

Hey all, Jack Wylder here. Did you know that Larry has an official fan group on Facebook? https://www.facebook.com/groups/99503651773/ One of the things we’ve noticed is that there are a lot of folks new to Larry’s books and it can be daunting when you join a group to not get the inside jokes. This post is intended to remedy that a bit. If you see something we’ve missed, just drop it in the comments and we’ll add to this as needed. Ladies, Gentlemen, and Hunters of all sorts CorreiaTech is proud to present:

What the HOON?



International Lord of Hate (ILoH)
ɪntərˈnæʃənəl lɔrd ʌv heɪt

Back in 2014 the Guardian published an article slandering Larry, who decided to rebut their piece in a Fisk. http://monsterhunternation.com/2014/04/15/larry-f-correia-international-lord-of-hate/

(Noun, Verb, Adj, other)

Example: Hoon!*
2) The Battle Cry of Wendell’s Roughnecks.
Example: HOOOOON!
Example: HOON!
See Also: Maniteese, Facebook’s Translate ‘feature’.

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Wendell D. Manatee

Wen-duhl dee ma-nə-ˌtē
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Cookie Monster
ku̇-kē män-stər
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Tom Stranger
Tahm strān-jər
(Proper Noun)


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Superfluous Marketing Dog™
(Proper Noun)

http://monsterhunternation.com/2015/12/18/christmas-noun-8-too-noun-much-adjective/ See Also: Awwwww! The original “It’s So Fluffy!”.

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Clamps, NickWolf, and various other Internet Trolls
(Sort of) (Proper Nouns)

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Yard Moose Mountain
yärd / müs / mau̇n-tən
(Proper Noun)



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Straw Larry
str-aw / lahree
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Writers should be Cultural Appropriating all the Awesome Stuff

53 thoughts on “What the Hoon?”

  1. You left out Larry’s role as the ILOH, defined by people who think it’s a microagression to make pronouns and genitalia match…

  2. I hadn’t read that interview with Wendell before. That was beautiful; Wendell truly is the most wise and inspiring manatee of all time.

  3. Face…book. Isn’t that like the Internet Safe Space for liberal douchebags? Why would Larry waste time there instead of writing awesome fiction to GET PAID?

      1. you have not seen all of tumblr then.

        its just a blogging platform with all sorts of communities represented on it, it just for the reason of them being the loudest, tends to be associated with SJW, but they are actualy a relative minority. the rest is various fandoms, people of every possible political affiliation you can imagine, there are multiple gun porn blogs there, etc.

        Facebook… has its issues as well, but all you really have to do is curate your experience. (mostly use facebook to keep in touch with former schoolmates, long distance friends and the like, personaly)

    1. Sometimes the ILOH needs to just smack some fools down and try to stomp some sense into their thick skulls… in a figurative sense, by way of typing words on a keyboard, that is.

  4. Need a link specifically to the Christmas Noun. Found it via another link, but direct link and definition/explanation helpful. Now I’ve got another couple hours of catch-up reading to do!

  5. “What the HOON?” is going to be my new exclamation. It will live next to “Well Pinch My Loaf” which is used when I need to express amazement.

  6. Sad Puppies and the Hugos probably need a mention as well. Also, in the Cookie Monster paragraph, it should read ” It would appear that his public face as a cookie gobbling star of children’s television is just a cover FOR his real work as a covert operative nominally in service of the US government.

    1. Seconded.

      Sad Puppies
      (Proper Noun)

      Initially a satirical campaign begun by Larry to troll the Hugo Awards by putting action-oriented, fun stories on the ballot that would otherwise never receive consideration, Sad puppies evolved into grassroots movement championed by multiple authors of varying race, gender, and ethnic backgrounds who all thought that story should be considered first over any message in fiction.


      Rabid Puppies
      (Proper Noun)
      An offshoot from Sad Puppies that was more interested in burning down the Hugo Awards than improving them. See also: Vox Day, Theodore Beale, Castalia House, etc.


      Puppy Kickers
      (Proper Noun)

      Those opposed to the puppies in every way shape and formk who find a way to deride and disparage them in any and every way possible. See also: CHORFS, SJWs, SFF Literattie, etc.

    1. He also missed the tactical mellon baller. It was a response to a column where the author thought such a tool (in its more domesticated form) was a true symbol of modern manhood. Surprisingly enough, the guy who gave us a gun totting accountant who hunts monsters for a living thought said tool had to be leveled up a bit to be useful.

      1. I’ve never had any reason, nor desire, to ball a melon, but I do have such a device. It got pressed into a nobler service: cookie scoop.

        1. My mother used to use a melon baller to take the seed core out of apples. Slice the apple in half, scoop out the seeds and give the halves to us kids. Only time I’ve ever seen a melon baller used on fruit.

  7. Cismale heterogender normative, the ILoH, melon ballers, Christmas Noun… All need to be written up and added- keep em coming!

    Edited to add:
    Yard Moose Mountain (duh)
    Larry’s various titles
    “Not a real writer” (500+ requirement)
    Sad Puppies
    Rabid Puppies
    Puppy Kickers

    1. Is the tank thing going to be a running joke?

      How about Lot5R campaigns against the dark oracles of fire and water?

  8. And regarding Cookie Monster, I am old enough to recall (if just barely) watching Sesame Street on an NBC affiliate. “Operating in the public interest” and all for that station, years before there was any PBS station in the area.

  9. You forgot “real writer”. It’s a running joke that Larry isn’t a real writer because his stories don’t advance Social Justice and people actually like to read them.

    For example, when one of Larry’s works makes NYT or Amazon best seller lists the joke is “One day you’ll be a real writer, Larry”.

    1. Yeah, that’s a good one. Apparently “has former child actor (who now only plays himself on that sit-com about really smart geeks) as a friend” is one of the criteria.

  10. For some reason I always go the BBC “Top Gear” method of talking about a secret base, IE “And the International Lord of Hate retreats to not write at his secret Yard Moose Mountain complex, just of Hwy XYZ exit 14…”

    1. Yep, definitely! Also, Clamps is not listed in the Troll list; but eh. If there is one particular post or two that should be linked re: Clamps, it’s the one where he argues that he’s ‘a better writer’ than Larry, and a bunch of other authors.

      Actually, the Author Alphabetical List of Success should be listed there (on the Best of MHN) too, because of the running joke of Larry being a ‘subpar author.’

      PS: @Jack: the link to the Bets of MHN subcategory doesn’t work.

        1. The ‘how to be a professional author’ is under the writing section, but under politics, fisking and trolls, Nickwolf’s the only entries I see (I just checked, but I may be mistaken.)

          TBH, if there was going to be a link, it would’ve been better to link from “How To…” in the relevant section, to the particular conversation with Clamps. (Which is in the comments under ‘A great article…’)

          On the other hand, it’s probably the best illustrative one of his abject idiocy on display, so maybe a single link to it under ‘trolls’ would suffice.

          OT, more directed at Larry and Jack: I was digging through the comments at the Best of MHN and found this: https://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/the-mhi-rpg-and-employee-handbook-is-available-for-everyone/

          I wonder if those will ever be available again. I don’t play as much RPG as I used to (not enough people to play with) but I still love reading sourcebooks. Mash up between Dresden Files RPG and MHI RPG? Sounds like fun! (if they’re still available the links are dead, leading to an ‘error’ page for me.)

      1. Hey! Thanks for the link… that’s handy. I can now tell people I’m a “U-list” writer!


  11. I believe the stories about Cookie Monster. Never did trust those Muppets — particularly the ones who stayed on Sesame Street and didn’t go Capitalist with Disney.

    Remember the photos of Osama bin Laden with Bert?

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