RGB3x3 ,

It's both, depending on what word my brain decides to use at the time.

But I think usually that would be a "sweater", a "sweatshirt" doesn't have a zipper or hood, and a "jacket" is made of, um, jacket material.

Devi ,

Where I'm from a sweatshirt is a very specific thing which doesn't have a zip.

https://www.buytshirtsonline.co.uk/images/gildan-heavy-blend-adult-crew-neck-sweatshirt-p657-320175_medium.jpg

BertramDitore ,
@BertramDitore@lemmy.world avatar

When I was growing up, we called these “sweatshirt jackets.” So, yes.

BigPotato ,

It's down to the material. That looks like full cotton with a hood. So, sweatshirt. Hooded sweatshirt = Hoodie. Denim? Would've been a jacket. Some sort of wind blocking material like polyester or nylon would be a jacket. I might give jacket status to a multilayer cotton jacket with inner liners too.

surewhynotlem ,

nylon

Then it's a windbreaker

BigPotato ,

I'd classify a windbreaker as a jacket. All squares are rectangles and what not.

guyrocket ,
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

This kinda rocks my world. I never thought of it being based on the material, no wonder I've always found the whole hoodie / sweatshirt / sweater / jacket think confusing.

Hmmm...still not sure it makes sense to me...

BigPotato ,

That's alright. It doesn't matter in the slightest. If you want to call them whatever it doesn't matter.

Bahnd ,

Yes.

konalt ,
@konalt@lemmy.world avatar

Hoodie.

dingus ,

Weirdly for me, this wouldn't be a hoodie. Pullover hoodies are the only type possible in my mind. Something like this would be a jacket to me.

citrusface ,

Check this out dawg - a pullover hoodie is this without a zipper. So this is a -- zippered hoodie.

dingus ,

To be clear, I don't actually refer to it as a "pullover hoodie". I just said that for clarification.

For me,

A hooded sweatshirt without a zipper = hoodie. In my experience, these are often (but not always) more looser fitting.

A hooded article of clothing with a zipper = jacket. In my experience, these are often more form fitting.

citrusface ,

First - tone is hard to convey. I think what I said could sound rl douchey if read wrong. I wasn't slamming you.

I understand your point and I think it really its just about where you grew up and what other people call things. I have def called my zip up a jacket.

In this specific case - this is a zipper / zip up hoodie. Or just zip up. But like you aren't breaking any laws by calling it a jacket and people still know what you mean when you call it a jacket - so it doesn't matter at all and you do you

Wear that fuckin jacket dawg.

retrieval4558 ,

What weirdos down voted you over this

dingus ,

Hoodie terminology is serious business evidently!! Lol

sxan ,
@sxan@midwest.social avatar

According to the TSA, it's a jacket. Ask me how I know.

RagnvaldG ,

How do you know ?
Does it involve cavity search ?

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Make sure to reach the back of his teeth

sxan ,
@sxan@midwest.social avatar

Not in my case, but if did involve a very minor disagreement with a TSA officer.

I very minor disagreement: I'm not stupid. But I was a white male US citizen, otherwise I wouldn't have risked it.

victorz ,

I was a white male US citizen

What are you these days?

Rhynoplaz ,

The CIA does not allow them to disclose this information.

Atin ,

That's a zippered hoodie

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

The tag on the one I wear says sweatshirt on it.

Hugh_Jeggs ,

I really like these because they're convenient. I call them a hoodie.

Then I realised I never use the hood and it's kinda uncomfortable when you put a jacket on in winter

So I bought one without a hood

That was the day I realised I'd bought what was essentially my first cardigan :(

garbagebagel ,

If it has a zipper I'd consider it a sweater not a cardigan. Cardis have buttons.

(Realizing that a cardigan is a type of sweater, but I just mean it's a different kind of sweater)

Hugh_Jeggs ,

You keep telling yourself that when you're 50 my friend 😂

Num10ck ,

the ones without hoods often have uncomfortable collars, like zipper scratching my neck etc. so even though i dont use the hood, i prefer having it so it sits well.

BunnyKnuckles ,
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Mr. Rogers would be proud. :)

sik0fewl ,

So OP is a hooded cardigan.

downpunxx , (edited )
@downpunxx@fedia.io avatar

all dependent on the material

Wanderer ,

Jacket. But also hoodie.

Worx ,

That particular thing is a hoodie. Without the hood it's a jacket. Without a zip (as in, it goes over your head to put it on) it's a jumper. I think sweatshirt is an American word

tal ,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

Sounds like it!

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sweatshirt_n?tl=true

The earliest known use of the noun sweatshirt is in the 1920s.

OED's earliest evidence for sweatshirt is from 1929, in Sears, Roebuck Catalogue.

EDIT: I never really thought about the word until now, realized that it's a portmanteau of "sweater" and "shirt".

VaultBoyNewVegas ,

I just call a hoodie without a zipper a pullover hoodie.

Worx ,

Ah yeah, I mean that without a hood and zip it's a jumper. With a hood and no zip it's a hoodie

PunnyName ,

Hoodie

NeoNachtwaechter ,

I would not call it at all.

(because I know already that it won't come :-))

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