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From hood + -ie(diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie(“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.
2006 July 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “Cameron softens crime image in 'hug a hoodie' call”, in The Guardian:
David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.
2012 June 26, Harriet Sergeant, “The only place my hoodie friend felt at home? Prison”, in Mail Online:
En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers.
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