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English
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoojah.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hoogie (plural hoogies)
- (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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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)]”