Hoodie

Hoodie

Hackers

In the early 21st century, the image of hackers became associated with hoodies.[11][12] Elliot Alderson, the protagonist of Mr Robot, is a vigilante hacker who constantly wears a black hoodie.[12]

By country

Australia

In June 2011, police in WynnumBrisbaneAustralia launched a “Hoodie Free Zone” initiative, with shopkeepers encouraged to ask hoodie-wearers to leave. The zone was part of an initiative to educate businesses on how to avoid armed robberies, in which the hoodie type of clothing was reportedly often worn.[13]

Canada

Across Canada, hoodies are a popular clothing item. They are sometimes worn under a coat or jacket to provide an extra layer of clothing during the winter. In Saskatchewan, only the zipperless, pullover version of the garment is referred to as the noun “Bunny Hug.

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Description

American football player Marvin Jones wearing a hoodie

hoodie is a type of sweatshirt[1] with a hood that, when worn up, covers most of the head and neck, and sometimes the face.

The most common ‘pullover’ style hoodies often include a single large kangaroo pocket or muff on the lower front, while hoodies with zippers usually include two pockets, one on either side of the zipper, in the same location. Both styles typically include a drawstring to adjust the hood opening. Hoodies may be worn for aesthetic purposes, or protection against the weather, such as cold, wind, and rain.

Terminology

The word hood derives from the Anglo-Saxon word hōd,[2] ultimately of the same root as an English hat.[3]

Hoodie, sometimes spelled hoody,[1] is an abbreviation of hooded sweatshirt.[4] The name ‘hoodie’ entered popular usage in the 1990s.[1]

According to Oxford English Dictionary, the term is also colloquially used in British and Irish English to describe a hooligan or thug.[1]

A study done in 2023 and published in a journal called The English Languages: History, Diaspora, Culture found that Canadian respondents preferred the term “hoodie” by a wide margin. However, those with ties to Saskatchewan may prefer the regional term “bunnyhug,” while those with ties to Western Canada, especially older individuals, may use “kangaroo jacket.” They found no relation between gender and term use. They found that younger people were more likely to give a variety of terms and hypothesized that they may have been trying to fit in.[5]

History

This 19th-century book illustration copies a 12th-century English image of a man wearing a hooded tunic.

The garment’s style and form can be traced back to Medieval Europe when the preferred clothing for Catholic monks included a hood called a cowl attached to a tunic or robes,[6] and a chaperon or hooded cape was very commonly worn by any outdoors worker.[citation needed] Its appearance was known in England as early as the 12th century, possibly an import with the Norman conquest of England, as the capa was “a short hooded cloak which was common in Normandy.”[2]

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