My hubby is 1/2 Scottish and 1/2 Irish and he says he has always referred to it as a cocksucker hat. He wears his turned backwards though.
And the award for this week’s most memorable first post goes to…
That’s a cabbie (cabdriver) hat.
We call it a Brian Johnson special.
Since someone awoke it -------- I have one of his hats from the very early 70s with the name tag and everything. His actually had more of a side and top and the top was actually more flat than what pops up in the OPs Google image search.
Somewhere along the way I picked up calling that style a ‘walking cap.’ I spent 2 years living in England long ago, but I can’t say that’s where I heard it.
On thing I forgot to mention about flat caps in South Africa is that they have particular associations for Black culture. If I saw a young Black guy wearing one, especially a check or tweed one, I would be reasonably sure that he was a recent initiate.
In Spanish gorrilla. Typical of Madrid and specifically of the chulapo look (i.e., the “typical Madrid” look), Felipe VI has been known to wear one when visiting locations in which he needed to cover his head.
I call mine a driving cap, but haven’t worn it in about thirty years - I lived in a colder climate then.
Maybe buy him some nice mouthwash then?
I call them zombie caps because they keep one’s braaaaaiiiinnnsss warm.
More like Clegg from the seemingly interminable British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. Clegg was played by Peter Sallis who was also the voice of Wallace, owner of Gromit.
My friend’s father, now in his 80s, calls them Jeff Caps. I have no idea why. I had the impression that it was short for Jefferson. Northwest Philadelphia background, if that matters.
I’ve heard them called Andy Caps (after the cartoon I assume) but Jeff was a totally new one to me.
I call mine a driver’s cap. Or just a cap.
Pretty much my “go-to” hat when a ball cap or knit watchcap won’t do. Wearing it to work in the morning messes up the hair somewhat less than the others and it looks a tad more “professional.”
But the real payoff is in Chicago winters. The versions I have have thinsulate and earflaps. In the middle of the winter in Chicago, you don’t care how you look!
I don’t have a name for this kind of hat; I have to explain what kind it is if I mention it.
Several online retailers call it a Jeff cap - I don’t think they’re all from the same region.
I must really be an outlier then. We always called them ‘snapbrim caps’ when I was growing up. I have a leather one around here somewhere.
I call 'em flat caps too–in fact, I just got my first one a week ago. Had to get a matching sportcoat, and now I guess I’m finally old enough to pull off that look. But damn, I rock that mofo.
I think of them as ‘shooter caps’.
They’re always worn deer stalking in England. Unlike Sherlocks deer stalker hat. But still.