I just saw a commercial where the guys were talking about a sweatshirt with a hood. They used the word “hoodie” to describe it. As a founding member of the Society of Manly Men I hearby move that the word “hoodie” be included on the official ‘list of words that sound really stupid to say unless you are a cute flirty chick’
All in favor?
[sub]Not worthy to make a pit rant, but does anyone think it sounds a stupid as I do?[/sub]
Real men say what they want.
What else is on the list?
Silver Fire, who is, by all accounts, most certainly not a real man.
“Hoodie” is a stupid word. I am a cute flirty chick (according to some people, anyway) and I won’t use that word. It is a hooded sweatshirt or shirt or whatever. I am not worried that the word impugns my manhood, I just don’t like the word.
How about the more pompous (and French, for a double-whammy, to some) anorak? It’s as far as I can tell almost the identically same thing, except an anorak, as I learned it anyway, is also a ski jacket of sorts. Or something. It has a hood, it has strings to tighten same hood, it zips up. What more do you need?
I’m a gay guy and ‘hoodie’ is just so sad and nelly that I really can’t imagine a drag queen saying it without either giggling or feeling that they had now done something so effeminate that they slingshotted around the sexuality spectrum and became Jack LaLanne.
I always thought an anorak was a windbreaker. Oops.
I’ve got that “not so fresh” feeling.
I thought hoodie was baby talk. As in ‘Awww, lookit da cute widdle hoodie’ followed of course by a cheek pinch.
The pictures in those French books were never quite clear, were they? One version had folks skiing and wearing anoraks. Then another has a blustery wind (cuz the leaves are all a flutter), etc. I get the feeling it’s somewhere between a long-sleeved shirt and a down coat, but it must have a hood.
Maybe if my French profs had said something like “parka,” I wouldn’t have been so confused.
Pray tell, good man, whenceforth has my hoooded sweatshirt gone, for it contains my door-unlocking devices and my money-holding sheath.
I dunno. I find it easier to say “hoodie”. I guess I’m just nancy.
Hee.
Actually, most of the time, I would just say sweatshirt, then have to specify the hooded one. Hmm. This system has a huge gaping flaw.
The way of the stubborn word-hater is not an easy one.
An anorak, in my experience, is a pullover fleece with a high collar that zips down a few inches.
And I will continue to use the word too… it sounds more dignified than fleece does.
But “underpants” is still manly, right?
Ri-i-ight…?!?
It’s “shaftbag” now, and don’t miss anymore meetings.
Damn straight.
A real man could say “Oh my GOD, Vance, that new hoodie of yours looks fabulous! I could just eat it up!” and make it sound good.
But he wouldn’t want to. And that makes all the difference.
“Anorak” is actually an Inuit word.
He’d prefer to say, “Fuck yeah, Vance! …” I was going to finish that quote in a very manly style, but I suddenly realize I don’t know how.
Help me.
Society of Manly Men regulation 131.23.78.62.1.29 clearly states: All undergarments shall be refered to as ‘drawers’ pronounced as “Drauws”. The world underpants is hearby passed onto the sole proprietership of the Golden Girls Group. Amendment 27 indicates “free-ballin” is a preferable condition.