# Misinterpreted thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 471
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/471 "2026-09-22T22:04:31Z")
See my post in the “Origin of Hooptie” FQ thread. > [@What's the origin of "Hooptie" (beat up car)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-hooptie-beat-up-car/424501/14): > > The OED says that “hooptie” is a variation of “hoopie”. The etymology of the latter is unknown, but they say Perhaps compare the U.S. colloquial phrase to roll (one’s) hoop (now rare) to go away, be off (1899 or earlier; with figurative allusion to the children’s toy. So it actually may be related to the hoop toy, but not because of its low value. Both words date to the early days of the existence of automobiles: the first quotation for “hoopie” is from 1915 and the first for “hooptie” is f… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360)._