noun
General Slang
hoodsie
· noun · boston
Tiny single-serve ice cream cup; also dated slur for a teen girl.
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Definitions
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Those little 3oz ice cream cups with the flat wooden spoon, made by HP Hood (a Massachusetts dairy). A field-trip and school-lunch staple across New England for generations.
“They handed out vanilla hoodsies at the end of the assembly.”
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Dated and dismissive Boston slang for a teenage girl, supposedly because they were small like the ice cream cups. Considered rude and largely fallen out of use.
“He used to hang around the rink trying to impress the hoodsies.”
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hoodsie In A Sentence
They handed out vanilla hoodsies at the end of the assembly.
He used to hang around the rink trying to impress the hoodsies.
Origin & Usage
From HP Hood, the Boston-based dairy company that's been making the cups since the early 1900s.
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