Extract revised for OED Online

hoodie, hoody

SECOND EDITION 1989

DRAFT ADDITIONS JULY 2007

Brit. colloq. A young person who wears a hoodie and is typically regarded as socially disruptive. Hence also: a hooligan, a thug.

1991 MT Mag. (Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Dublin) Spring 14 (captions to cartoons of two youths) 'The Hoodie'. 'The Rocker'. 1994 Independent 12 Dec. 18 Street gangs also favour goose-down parkas with large hoods. Police have taken to calling the gangs 'hoodies'. 1999 B. ZEPHANIAH Face (2003) 176 If you need a hand I'm here for you. You can never tell when those homies or hoodies are going to get out of hand. 2006 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 July 50 A hoodie pushed me from behind for no apparent reason and then punched me in the face.