(Hat tip: Da Kirsch) This is hilarious:Here in Brooklyn, we’ve got a lot of Orthodox Jews. And as you may know, Orthodox wives usually wear wigs, in keeping with traditional Jewish notions of feminine modesty (additional info here). Every now and then, however, you’ll see an Orthodox woman wearing a snood — basically a glorified hairnet (additional info here) — instead of a wig. And back in 2004, when there was a bit of a wig crisis, snoods were suddenly everywhere.
And that made me happy, because I love the word snood. It sounds like one of those inherently humorous Dr. Seuss words — snood, snood, snood. I’ve always hoped I’d have some occasion to work it into a Uni Watch article, and now I finally have.
What I never imagined (but maybe should’ve guessed) was that the snood-clad athlete in question would be Manny Ramirez. Check out the head wrap he’s been wearing for the past two days. That ain’t no standard-issue MLB do rag like the one he wore last year, and it ain’t that Nike skullcap he was wearing earlier this spring, either. That there, my friends, is a snood.
I loooove snoods and I'd rather wear a snood than anything else, but usually don't if I'm going to be seen outside the Orthodox community...
ReplyDeleteSnood also can be used to describe an addictive tetris-like game that was a craze not too long ago.
ReplyDeleteEh, it's just Manny being Manny...
ReplyDeleteTotally a Dr. Seuss word. Everytime I mention putting on a snood, my son laughs hysterically and says "snooooooooood. .. . snoooooooooooooood."
ReplyDeletePerhaps Serach can get him to do an endorsement.
ReplyDeleteOn snoods: I remember reading somewhere that they were popularized during WWII to keep women's hair out of the machinery they were tending in factories when they took over men's jobs. The hair of the moment was actually the somewhat long, loose style of Veronica Lake whose signature look was one eye covered by her loose locks. But when told that the women emulating her were getting their hair caught,she did her patritotic duty and publicly appeared in a snood. Those were probably more hairnet-like than the ones donned by Orthodox women, as the purpose was to contain rather than to cover.
ReplyDeleteI once saw a photo of rockstar Lenny Kravitz in a magazine wearing a snood. The word "snood" actually written as such in the article describing his outfit. Until that point I thought it was a Jewish word.
ReplyDeleteChana - Serach hates them, but that's because she grew up in Monsey. She likes tichels et al much better... and would HATE to be seen in one outside the Ortho-community.
ReplyDeleteRF - LOL! That was fun...
Josh M - Seriously. If there's anyone who would wear one, he's the one.
SL - LOL!
David - LOL! Though she does tichels, not snoods... then again, he's worn those before too.
Ariella - Oh! I've seen those ads! But that makes a lot of sense.
Shifra - Hehe. Serach's favorite one is from an episode of "Who wants to be a Millionaire..." The Q was "what part of the body does a snood cover?" The guy went 50/50 and got "eye" or "hair". He went with eye. Regis asked "Do you think the thing pirates wear is called a snood?!"
-It sounds like one of those inherently humorous Dr. Seuss words — snood, snood, snood.
ReplyDelete-What I never imagined (but maybe should’ve guessed) was that the snood-clad athlete in question would be Manny Ramirez
Well, if anybody alive could pass for a Dr. Suess character...
used to be slightly addicted to this game
ReplyDeleteG - :P
ReplyDeleteSarah - Serach, too :)