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hood | ghood |

As a proper noun hood

is .

As an adjective ghood is

(dated|fandom slang|jocular) good.

hood

English

Etymology 1

(etyl), from (etyl) . More at hat.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A covering such as worn over one’s head.
  • A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
  • An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
  • (label) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
  • The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle. Also known as a bonnet in other countries.
  • A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
    • Synonyms
    * (engine cover) bonnet, cowl
    Derived terms
    * chemical hood * cooker hood * extractor hood * fume hood * kitchen hood * hoodie * range hood
    See also
    * (l) (hood-shaped)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover something with a hood.

    • Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) gangster, thug.

    • Etymology 3

    ; compare (m).

    Alternative forms

    * 'hood

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) neighborhood.
    • What’s goin’ down in the hood ?
    Usage notes
    Particularly used for poor US inner-city black neighborhoods. Also used more generally, as a casual neutral term for “neighborhood”, but marked by strong associations.
    Synonyms
    * ghetto * (neighborhood) nabe, neighborhood

    Etymology 4

    , influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) person wearing a hoodie.
    • ----

    ghood

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated, fandom slang, jocular) Good.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1962 , date = June , first = Phillip A. , last = Harrell , authorlink = , magazine = Cry of the Nameless , title = Phillip A. Harrell Presents His (hic) Case , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Cry_of_the_Nameless/Cry161rd3.html , issue = 161 , page = , passage = Ghood Ghrief, that one was almost too much for me so on that one I'll close, and go galumphing off as I go whiffling thru the tulgy wood. Well, we all gotta go sometime. }}
  • * {{quote-usenet
    • , year = 1995 , monthday= January 22 , author = Leah Zeldes Smith , email = , title = Re: Grinch , id = 790811510.225snx@smith.chi.il.us , group = rec.arts.sf.fandom , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.fandom/yYMlJj5zew4/FjVTyxmejCIJ }}
    Among other things, this vintage piece of faan fiction explains why a mail ballot for ratification of business meeting proposals is Not a Ghood Idea.
  • * {{quote-usenet
    • , year = 1997 , monthday= October 12 , author = Morris M. Keesan , email = , title = Re: Declining Attendance at Cons? , id = 3443316c.1023995@news.std.com , group = alt.fandom.cons , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.fandom.cons/uzh4hekvz40/HJlVvXR8IwYJ }}
    And even if the pub serves ghood bheer, the presence of the 100 gin/whisky/CocaCola/springwater "multi-genre" drinkers may make it sufficiently difficult to find the other 5 bheer fans in the crowd, that it dilutes the bheerish experience and makes it more worth my while saving my bheer budget for going down the road to the other pub that may have a smaller selection of bheer but a higher concentration of the people I want to drink with.

    Usage notes

    This fanspeak word is used instead of the standard form to indicate a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom.