What do you call winter hats?

[chip_gilkey]

I am from southeastern Ohio and we call them toboggans but since I moved to Columbus everyone thinks I'm weird for calling them that. Around here they just call them hats or sometimes beanies. What do you call them and have you ever heard them called toboggans?

[Dallas]

beanies

But beanies are more form factor to the head and never have I seen any with anothing attached, like a ball on top.

I wear beanies a lot.

Hurly-FOX-North Face all have great beanies

[chip_gilkey]

beanies

But beanies are more form factor to the head and never have I seen any with anothing attached, like a ball on top.

I wear beanies a lot.

Hurly-FOX-North Face all have great beanies

I had an awesome cowboys one but I lost it over the weekend and that is what prompted this discussion. I am less than pleased about losing it.:mad:

[dez_for_prez]

Aren't tobaggans something you sled on? Or am I crazy.

[Dallas]

I had an awesome cowboys one but I lost it over the weekend and that is what prompted this discussion. I am less than pleased about losing it.:mad:

You should buy this one as a replacement. :D

http://images.footballfanatics.com/FFImage/thumb.aspx?i=%2fproductImages%2f_792000%2fff_79244 1_xl.jpg&w=400

[Dallas]

Aren't tobaggans something you sled on? Or am I crazy.

Odd because thats what we called sleds when I was growing up too, but if you Google it, its mostly hats.

So everyone is right in this thread. WooHoo! Nobody is wrong and we can all get along.


Who loves ya?

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I love ya!! :D

[VietCowboy]

beanies

[Rynie]

I call them beanies, and the only ones I own are Dallas Cowboys. Boom.

[vta]

Aren't tobaggans something you sled on? Or am I crazy.

http://www.sledwarehouse.com/Images/cl-series.jpg

[BrAinPaiNt]

I am from southeastern Ohio and we call them toboggans but since I moved to Columbus everyone thinks I'm weird for calling them that. Around here they just call them hats or sometimes beanies. What do you call them and have you ever heard them called toboggans?

We call them the same in WV and when I have used the term elsewhere I get that look like you talk about. So sometimes I will say skull cap or knit cap and they seem to get it. Never called it a beanie though.

I wear mine a great deal due to some ear problems. Even if it is warm outside but very windy or raining.

[Yeagermeister]

Winter?????? :omg:

[SkinsandTerps]

Never heard the term toboggan used for a hat.

I am from DC, Born in NY and lived all over.

I always called it simply a winter hat or even a winter cap.

A beanie to me is the hat that is a little bigger than a yarmulke. A smaller fuzzy wool skullcap.

[JonJon]

Tobaggans? Beanies?

What odd names for hats those are. Where I'm from, we call the chazzwazzers.

[notherbob]

I grew up in OK and Nebraska and we always called them stocking caps, same in central Texas. I have heard them called toboggans on TV but never branies, to me, beanies are small skull caps like yarmulkes but bigger.

[chip_gilkey]

We call them the same in WV and when I have used the term elsewhere I get that look like you talk about. So sometimes I will say skull cap or knit cap and they seem to get it. Never called it a beanie though.

I wear mine a great deal due to some ear problems. Even if it is warm outside but very windy or raining.

Ah see it must be a regional thing because I am originally from Athens, Ohio which is fairly close to the WV boarder. Us Appalachian folk have to stay together you know.

[vta]

Ski caps.

[gmoney112]

Head aprons.

[WoodysGirl]

Winter?????? :omg:
Ditto that.... lol

It was 80* here today. People are scared for when summer hits.

[big dog cowboy]

Ditto that.... lol

It was 80* here today. People are scared for when summer hits.

We had the hottest summer on record last summer. People feared our winter would be terrible. Turns out it was in the top ten warmest winters ever.

[sureletsrace]

I call them skullies.

[ScipioCowboy]

You have special hats for winter?

[Sam I Am]

It depends on what type of hat/cap you are referring to. I call toboggans these things.

http://cache.lionbrand.com/stores/lionbrand/pictures/klw-knitcapa.jpg

My wife on the other hand calls them winter caps, knit caps, or even skull caps. She calls a toboggans a sled, which I do too. (sort of anyhow. We called them boggans rather than toboggans) She had just never heard of them called toboggans. Then again, she hates my southern dialect.

[trickblue]

http://www.moonbattery.com/bob-doug-mckenzie.jpg (http://www.moonbattery.com/bob-doug-mckenzie.jpg)

It's called a "took", Hoser...

I grew up with tobaggan as well... ;)

[dez_for_prez]

Odd because thats what we called sleds when I was growing up too, but if you Google it, its mostly hats.

So everyone is right in this thread. WooHoo! Nobody is wrong and we can all get along.


Who loves ya?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Kojaktelly.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Kojaktelly.jpg)

I love ya!! :D

I call them sleds too, but if someone says pass that toboggan then I'm grabbing the sled. I have never heard a person call a hat a toboggan.

[CliffnMesquite]

It's a watch cap.

[VietCowboy]

Last week, it was 70 degrees. Then Friday, all those storms and tornados. Sunday night, it snowed 4+ inches. It should be 60 degrees tomorrow (in Louisville).

Yep...

[D-warewolf94]

I've lived in Texas (GP/Arlington) my whole life and I used to call them toboggans when I was younger, but I've recently converted to beanies

[Nomad]

North Texas (FWorth) and I call them tobaggans almost to be funny because that's what my Mom called them when I was a kid, but I also say knit cap or winter hat. A beanie to me is more like a yamuka like others said.

These kind of hats are great, I can go out in the winter in shorts and a tshirt if I wanted as long as I have a tobaggan on.

[SaltwaterServr]

It's a watch cap.

That's it right there.

Old school Germans like my grandparents call it a poodlemitz.

[davidyee]

http://www.moonbattery.com/bob-doug-mckenzie.jpg (http://www.moonbattery.com/bob-doug-mckenzie.jpg)

It's called a "took", Hoser...

I grew up with tobaggan as well... ;)

...we term it a "toque" up here in Canada.

A toboggan is a non powered snow sled you ride down a hill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toboggan

[Rack Bauer]

First of all... what is "Winter"?

I'm from south texas, never heard of "Winter" before.

[Doomsday101]

We call them baseball caps in Houston. :laugh2:

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

I call them head panties.

[cowboy_ron]

I am from southeastern Ohio and we call them toboggans but since I moved to Columbus everyone thinks I'm weird for calling them that. Around here they just call them hats or sometimes beanies. What do you call them and have you ever heard them called toboggans?
I'm originally from Dallas and we called them toboggans

[BrAinPaiNt]

First of all... what is "Winter"?

I'm from south texas, never heard of "Winter" before.

LINK (http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=649&q=snow+in+el+paso&gbv=2&oq=snow+in+el+paso&aq=f&aqi=g-S8g-mS2&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=442l2765l0l3578l15l10l0l0l0l0l772l2617l3-1.1.2.1l5l0&gs_l=img.3..0i24l8j0i5i24l2.442l2765l0l3578l15l10l 0l0l0l0l772l2617l3-1j1j2j1l5l0)

[Rack Bauer]

LINK (http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=649&q=snow+in+el+paso&gbv=2&oq=snow+in+el+paso&aq=f&aqi=g-S8g-mS2&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=442l2765l0l3578l15l10l0l0l0l0l772l2617l3-1.1.2.1l5l0&gs_l=img.3..0i24l8j0i5i24l2.442l2765l0l3578l15l10l 0l0l0l0l772l2617l3-1j1j2j1l5l0)

El Paso = West Texas. It's cooooooold up there.

[justbob]

Grew up in the Texas panhandle ---always called them toboggans

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

They used to be called toboggans when I was a kid but now everyone calls them beanies around here.

[BrAinPaiNt]

El Paso = West Texas. It's cooooooold up there.

LINK (http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=649&q=snow+in+corpus+christi+texas&gbv=2&oq=snow+in+corpus+christi+texas&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=2537l6528l0l6752l23l13l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&gs_l=img.3...2537l6528l0l6752l23l13l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0 l0)

[Chocolate Lab]

I grew up in OK and Nebraska and we always called them stocking caps, same in central Texas. I have heard them called toboggans on TV but never branies, to me, beanies are small skull caps like yarmulkes but bigger.

Grew up in Texas and I usually heard them called stocking caps, too. When I was a little kid, one of my best friends called them toboggans, so I usually did, too.

But honestly people didn't wear them enough to hear them talked about very much.

No one I knew ever called them a beanie... Never heard anyone call one a "watch cap" until I was looking for one online... As David said, I know Canadians insist they are toques.

[Rack Bauer]

LINK (http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=649&q=snow+in+corpus+christi+texas&gbv=2&oq=snow+in+corpus+christi+texas&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=2537l6528l0l6752l23l13l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&gs_l=img.3...2537l6528l0l6752l23l13l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0 l0)

LIES!

[cowboy_ron]

LIES!
:laugh2:

[Sam I Am]

lol. They are wearing sweatshirts because they don't own heavy jackets down there. :laugh2:


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[ninja]

Tassel Caps? In Pittsburgh, anyways.

[Sam I Am]

Tassel Caps? In Pittsburgh, anyways.

Were they all stolen?

[Vtwin]

Tassel Caps? In Pittsburgh, anyways.


That's what my western PA buddies call them.

Always just called them hats or touques around here.

A toboggan is a sled.

[justbob]

That's what my western PA buddies call them.

Always just called them hats or touques around here.

A toboggan is a sled.

A toboggan is a sled only to people who have enough snow to sled on...To panhandle cowboys a sled (when we do get a little snow ) is anything flat ish (like an old car hood) that can be pulled behind a horse ,4 wheeler or a 4 wheel drive truck. A toboggan is a knit thing that covers your head and ears

[davidyee]

Grew up in Texas and I usually heard them called stocking caps, too. When I was a little kid, one of my best friends called them toboggans, so I usually did, too.

But honestly people didn't wear them enough to hear them talked about very much.

No one I knew ever called them a beanie... Never heard anyone call one a "watch cap" until I was looking for one online... As David said, I know Canadians insist they are toques.

I'm going to start calling them toboggans - and no one up here can tell me any different!

By the way we just got about 5 inches of snow today. I'm up on the roof shovelling some of the snow down.

[Yeagermeister]

A hat

[Faerluna]

A hat

Same here. I don't wear hats otherwise, so if I'm wearing a hat, it's a hat for winter.

[justbob]

Hats have a brim, caps have a bill and toboggans don't have neither

[BrAinPaiNt]

Hats have a brim, caps have a bill and toboggans don't have neither

Some Do (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tobboggan+with+brim&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=653&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=tqJWT8_5MMyosAL-5_n7AQ#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=uaJWT6e0Cq-asgLr5uTeCQ&ved=0CEAQvwUoAQ&q=toboggan+with+brim&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=8d1bd00856982e32&biw=1024&bih=653)

I had one for a short time like the old army ones, think of Radar's from MASH.

[Wimbo]

If you Google "toboggan" an look at the images tab, you will see mostly sleds.

If you Google "skull cap" an look at the images tab, you will see mostly head conforming hats.

If you Google "beanie" an look at the images tab, you will see mostly head conforming hats, some with balls on them.

[Faerluna]

If you Google "beanie" an look at the images tab, you will see mostly head conforming hats, some with balls on them.

Are you sure you didn't look up "beanbag"?

:D

[trickblue]

...we term it a "toque" up here in Canada.

A toboggan is a non powered snow sled you ride down a hill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toboggan

It's all semantics...

Darn French spelling... there's no "q'" in "kook"... ;)

[trickblue]

I'm going to start calling them toboggans - and no one up here can tell me any different!

You COULD call it a an aggressive yarmulke... OY!

[Phrozen Phil]

I've always known them as toques. A Beanie has a propeller on the top.;) A toboggan will simply not fit on one's head as it's simply too heavy. If it's a hat and it's winter, it's likely warm, whatever you call it.:D

[Zaxor]

I have heard them called everything everyone mentioned....but the part of the body it goes on is called a hatracker I bet you didn't know that :p:

[chip_gilkey]

Some Do (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tobboggan+with+brim&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=653&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=tqJWT8_5MMyosAL-5_n7AQ#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=uaJWT6e0Cq-asgLr5uTeCQ&ved=0CEAQvwUoAQ&q=toboggan+with+brim&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=8d1bd00856982e32&biw=1024&bih=653)

I had one for a short time like the old army ones, think of Radar's from MASH.

:laugh2: You've just been owning this thread with links.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I am from southeastern Ohio and we call them toboggans but since I moved to Columbus everyone thinks I'm weird for calling them that. Around here they just call them hats or sometimes beanies. What do you call them and have you ever heard them called toboggans?

A toboggan is a sled, not a hat. Winter hats are toques.

[chip_gilkey]

A toboggan is a sled, not a hat. Winter hats are toques.

I am aware that the term toboggan is for sleds but it is also used by some to refer to winter hats. And for what it's worth I've NEVER heard the term toque before.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I had never heard nor seen toboggan meaning hat until today.

Toque is also spelled tuque. Canadian word for wool hat.

[Jenky]

I am from southeastern Ohio and we call them toboggans but since I moved to Columbus everyone thinks I'm weird for calling them that. Around here they just call them hats or sometimes beanies. What do you call them and have you ever heard them called toboggans?

My father who's from Pennsylvania calls them that. His family does too. I personally call them thermal tops and I won't refer to them as beanies because I see beanies as more of a fashion thing worn year round.

[Eskimo]

As all the other Canadians in this thread have intimated, we call them "toques" up here.

I had never heard winter hats referred to as toboggans before. I've also never heard that reference in American TV/movies before - even ones set in the winter. Learn something new everyday.

[Jenky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toboggan_(hat)

A tuque (Canadian English: /tuːk/, also spelled toque but still pronounced tuque), knit cap (American English), or beanie (UK English), also variously known as a knit hat, toboggan, burglar beanie or stocking cap among other names – is a knitted cap, originally of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter. Most tuques are tapered; they sometimes have ear flaps, and may be topped with a pom-pom (this style of tuque is sometimes referred to as a bobble hat, boggan or sherpa). Tuques may have a folded brim, or none, and may be worn tightly fitting the head or loose on top although the latter is considered more standard.

[justbob]

After 5 pages it appears we are all right
:D

[CowboyFan74]

Sombrero....

[Vtwin]

After 5 pages it appears we are all right
:D

Well Kinda..

If you came up here and walked into Dick's Sporting Goods and asked where the toboggans are they would send you to the sled section every time.

Now what is a can of cola called?

A sandwich on a long bun?

The soft-serve ice cream in a cone?

etc
etc
etc

:D

[justbob]

Well Kinda..

If you came up here and walked into Dick's Sporting Goods and asked where the toboggans are they would send you to the sled section every time.

Now what is a can of cola called?

A sandwich on a long bun?

The soft-serve ice cream in a cone?

etc
etc
etc

:D

Its all relative

Or maybe its really Not :D

[Sam I Am]

After 5 pages it appears we are all right
:D

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[Yeagermeister]

Well Kinda..

If you came up here and walked into Dick's Sporting Goods and asked where the toboggans are they would send you to the sled section every time.

Now what is a can of cola called?

A sandwich on a long bun?

The soft-serve ice cream in a cone?

etc
etc
etc

:D

A coke

A sammich

An ice cream cone

:D

[justbob]

A coke

A sammich

An ice cream cone

:D

They make sammich on long bread:eek:

[Vtwin]

A coke

A sammich

An ice cream cone

:D


Or is it a pop or a soda?

Or is it a sub a hoagie or a grinder?

Or is it a creemee or a soft serve?

:D