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Hoodie

//ˈhʊdi// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

    "You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer."

  2. 2
    A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour. British, derogatory, often, slang

    "David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews."

  3. 3
    foreskin slang
  4. 4
    The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.

Etymology

From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.

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