Why Saskatchewan calls a hooded sweatshirt a 'bunny hug' (nationalpost.com)

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Not new, but I looked it up today and thought you might find it interesting.

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

That's a loooong way down to get to:

"Named after a dance."

That being said, being named after a dance is just one theory. Truth is no one remembers anymore.

Growing up in Saskatchewan, my brain almost naturally began to delineate a difference between hooded sweaters with a zipper (hoodie) and hooded sweaters without a zipper (bunny hug). It's a completely arbitrary naming convention that my brain decided to pull from its ass one day. But it stuck and I continue to use it.

[-] grey_maniac@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

I also grew up in Saskatchewan, and I make the exact same arbitrary distinction.

[-] lukecyca@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Same

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

100 years ago there was rabbit overpopulation. The pelts got turned into something akin to a pullover sweater with hood.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

That's just a theory.

[-] ElJefe@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Have to register to see the article. Save us a click, op.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Archive link

[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 days ago

really? I didn't. Are you on Mobile or something?

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

So why do Albertans call it a kangaroo jacket?

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago

[-] Binzy_Boi@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

...we do? Never heard of this and I've been here all my life.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

We don't?

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

We used to. Kangaroo jacket (AB) and bunny hug (SK) both were fairly common in the '70s, then kangaroo jacket kind of fell by the wayside.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

In 54 years I've never heard it, but I'll take your word for it.

Bunny hug though, that's definitely a thing I've heard from people out of that PA area.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Well now I'm curious. I'm 57 and the youngest of three, and I remember it from my youth.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

The kangaroo jacket one actually makes some sort of sense, with the pouch on the front. I have no idea what bunny hug is supposed to be, maybe there was a brand in that area with that name.