# The knitted winter hat - what do YOU call it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901 "2019-01-16T22:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/121 "2019-01-21T02:06:47Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Why ? 😕 It’s an extension of their name for this thing — [https://goo.gl/images/D2Ktgu](https://goo.gl/images/D2Ktgu) — which is like something we might call a type of ski mask or balaclava helmet without the mouth cover. To them, wearing this makes you look like a monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/122 "2019-01-21T02:28:05Z")
They are a knit cap, or a stocking cap. If they are heavier and more serious, then they may be a watch cap. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/123 "2019-01-21T02:32:38Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Torques may or may not be fashionable, but they are vital pieces of survival equipment when it is -19C and snowing fine powder persistently on a gusty wind, and you are waiting for the bus to Toronto… Torques, being metal, are actually counter-indicated to wear around your neck on a cold winter’s day in Canada. Toques, on the other hand, are quite beneficial. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/124 "2019-01-21T03:36:10Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > touche’ 😃 If you’re using an iPhone, you can push and hold the “e” button, and up comes a menu of e’s with accents. Just slide your finger to the appropriate one and: “Voilà: touché!” ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/125 "2019-01-21T04:16:42Z")
When I was a kid, it was always toboggan, or sometimes 'boggan. (The short version might have been a family thing.) I can’t remember hearing anyone ever use a different term at home (parents from eastern Kentucky) or at school (the Chicago-land area). ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/126 "2019-01-21T04:49:14Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > If you’re using an iPhone, you can push and hold the “e” button, and up comes a menu of e’s with accents. Just slide your finger to the appropriate one and: “Voilà: touché!” I’m not but am obliged! > [@MrKnowItAll](#): > > When I was a kid, it was always toboggan, or sometimes 'boggan. Round these 'ere parts [wearing a bogan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan) is not an option, fashionwise or any other. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901/127 "2019-01-21T05:26:46Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Torques, being metal, are actually counter-indicated to wear around your neck on a cold winter’s day in Canada. Toques, on the other hand, are quite beneficial. 🙂 Sorry! Too much time in the auto parts factory! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-knitted-winter-hat-what-do-you-call-it/827901.md?page=6)