Hizzoner

== English == === Proper noun === Hizzoner (slang, US) Eye dialect spelling of His Honor, the mayor, especially of a large city. 1930, John Bright, Hizzoner Big Bill Thompson: An Idyll of Chicago, [book title]. ==== 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.