- Acronym using the first letters of the commonly used phrase Hard As a Motherfucker
HAM
adverb; acronym
To attempt an activity will all of ones expendable energy, generally resulting in a positive outcome.
Etymology : Hard - Old High German harto "extremely, very," German hart, Gothic hardus "hard"), from PIE *kortu-, (cf. Greek kratos "strength," kratys "strong"), from root *kar-/*ker- Motherfucker - also mother-fucker, mother fucker, usually simply an intensive of fucker (see fuck), attested from 1956; implied in clipped form mother (with the context made clear) by 1928; motherfucking is from 1933. From Online Etymology Dictionary
Source : Heard in Rice student conversation, October, 2013 Boy: “How do you think you did on the Diffe test?” Girl: “Pretty well, I went HAM studying so I knew how to do all of the problems”
Last modified: 25 November 2013