Recently the owner of Café Hon, Denise Whiting, registered the word “Hon” as a word that represents and symbolizes her business. According to the Sun, the opening of her cafe in 1992 and the subsequent marking around the word is alot of work she indeed put into a colloquialism. However, “Hon” is not something only said in Baltimore, nor is it something that she invented. She did certainly popularize the word.

Knowing some of the folks on the Tour Dem Parks, Hon! board, who in fact, named their not-for-profit organization the name to honor the grass-roots approach they bring to their yearly bicycle fundraiser, they questioned whether they know have legal rights to the name.
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