October 04, 2008

Star Wars Hoodies. Here.
posted by Capt. Renault 15 years ago
  • It deserved its own post, I decided.
  • It is hard for me to adequately state how much I hate the word "hoodie." I would love to abolish it. This word was invented around ten years or so. It is not a hoodie, it is a "sweatshirt with a hood" or a "hooded sweatshirt." A shirt with a collar is a "shirt with a collar" or a "collared shirt." It is not a "collarie." A shirt that buttons up is called a "buttoned-up shirt/blouse" or a "shirt/blouse with buttons." It is not called a "buttonie." Shoes that have laces are called "lace-up shoes" or "shoes with laces." They are not called "lacies." When I first heard the term "hoodie," I assumed that the term was meant to describe really cute or young gang members.
  • When I first heard the term "hoodie," I assumed that the term was meant to describe really cute or young gang members. This is close to how the term has come to be used by the British press who, some years back, launched a hysterical campaign against the supposed plague of young thugs in hooded sweatshirts who, by extension, came to be known as hoodies themselves. Of course, this would have been impossible in Saskatchewan, where hooded sweatshirts are known by the much more evocative name 'bunnyhug'.
  • Nice postie.
  • bunnyhug??
  • okaythanks!!
  • I used to hate the term "hoodie," too, until I heard my little one pronounce it "hoogie." She has several, and often cries for her "hoooooogieeeee" because they've become security objects. We're trying to keep the regular security object, "blankie," at home because it's developed several large and alarming holes.
  • bunnyhug?? I know!
  • I vaguely remember hearing the term bunnyhug years ago, meaning a sweatshirt with a hood and a pouch in front, in Vancouver. Perhaps it was introduced by Saskatoonians.
  • I find your lack of face disturbing.
  • Bernockle, I have a friend who objects to calling restaurants "an eatery" on similar grounds. His actual words were, "We don't call a toilet a poopery."
  • Oh, we do now.
  • Putting potpourri in the poopery reeks of Popery.
  • MonkeyFilter: "We don't call a toilet a poopery."