Hizzoner

hizzoner English Proper noun en slang US en His Honor, the mayor, especially of a large city. 1930, John Bright, Hizzoner Big Bill Thompson: An Idyll of Chicago, [book title]. en 1991 Max M. Kampelman Entering New Worlds: The Memoirs of a Private Man in Public Life 56 Minnesota: Meet Hizzoner the Mayor... Canon... would go through an elaborate bowing-and-scraping routine as he addressed Hizzoner the Mayor. en 2002 James Gill For James and Gillian: Jim Gill's New York 121 In 1989, they wrote a book, entitled His Eminence and Hizzoner, in which they set forth their differences in amicable fashion. Usage notes Cities in which the mayor is often called "Hizzoner" include Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Newark, New Orleans New York City, and Philadelphia. The term can, but not always, connote a sense of "hardball" common to American urban politics.