What do you call winter hats?

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

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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.
 


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

I grew up with tobaggan as well... ;)
 
Dallas;4440212 said:
Odd because thats what we called sleds when I was growing up too, but if you Google it, its mostly hats.

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

I'm from south texas, never heard of "Winter" before.
 
chip_gilkey;4440199 said:
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
 
Grew up in the Texas panhandle ---always called them toboggans
 
They used to be called toboggans when I was a kid but now everyone calls them beanies around here.
 
notherbob;4440282 said:
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.
 
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