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-y? -ie? Or shall we call the whole thing off?

So which is it? “Hoody”? Or “hoodie”? I could maybe if kicked marshal a half-baked argument either way. (Is it better to be wholly baked or not baked at all?) Google (what a wonderful spell-checker it is) shows us popular sentiment leans toward hoodie, which makes me partial to hoody for no other reason than maintaining my contrarian cred. Is there a specious argument I’m missing that would authoritatively tip the scales?

I do have my reasons for asking, but they are dull and meager, not worth sharing with the class. —Miss Kittin wants to know how you can call yourself a DJ if you don’t shake your ass in the crowd, and that’s as good a non sequitur as any with which to get back to work.

  1. Scott DiBerardino    May 13, 12:47 pm    #
    I may be the only one, but I read that as huudee, not hood-y. Hoody-hoo!! is the first thing I thought of, though I can't imagine anybody but Dave Meikis and Jon Miller will remember that one.

    You know, I should acquaint myself with better-known people, just to improve my name-dropping if nothing else.

    Wish I could remember the name of that comic strip, though.

    Non-sequitur enough for you?

    Back to work.

  2. kirsten    May 13, 04:21 pm    #
    it freakin' costs $118!!! you can call it whateverthefuck you want to.

  3. --k.    May 13, 05:09 pm    #
    Um, kirsten? That's just an example, by way of Juicy Couture, for which stupid people pay far too much. (Some are made of cashmere, which, well.)

    Trust me. You can find a hoody, or hoodie, for $10. Honest. Probably scam one for free off a radio station giveaway or suchlike, you put a little work into it.

  4. kirsten    May 14, 06:28 pm    #
    oh. heh. ok. *phew*

    i was horrified cuz it's more than what i make in a day and a half of work.

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