hoogie

English

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Etymology

Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoojah.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /huːd͡ʒi/

Noun

hoogie (plural hoogies)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
    • 1964 February, Nanina Alba, “The Demise of Miss Lucy So Quaint”, in Negro Digest, page 77:
      But anyway, she was one of them red-face hoogies, and m-e-a-n!
    • 1975, Gayl Jones, Giant Talk: An Anthology of Third World Writings‎, White Rat, page 290:
      Thought I was some hoogie jus' run around with the niggers instead of be one of them.

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References
  1. Jonathon Green (1998) “hoogie”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoogie n. (also hoogy) [1970s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person, esp. a racist. [? ʜᴏᴏᴊᴀʜ n./ʜᴏᴏsɪᴇʀ n. (6)]”
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