bunny hug (bunny-hug)

[Sarah Lang]

Yes, I know that it has been documented, but as you said, without
etymology. Thanks for the contact!

Cheers,
S.

On Sep 14, 2007, at 5:19 AM, Grant Barrett wrote:

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> "Bunny hug" has been in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary since 1998,
> marked as being special to Saskatchewan but with no etymology given.
> The term is not in the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical
> Principles (1967). You might ask the team working on the second
> edition about it:
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> <http://homepage.univie.ac.at/stefan.dollinger/dchp2.htm>
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> Grant Barrett
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> On Sep 13, 2007, at 07:06, Sarah Lang wrote:
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>> While this list has discussed this term before, I do not think that
>> its Sask, CND (in particular) meaning, usage, or origin have been.
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>> A "bunny-hug" is a "hoodie" (or hooded sweater, etc.)--the two terms
>> are interchangeable for both men and women. Unlike Vico (SK slang for
>> chocolate milk)--I cannot find any information on its origin (or why
>> the term is very rarely heard outside SK).
>>
>> I put "bunny hug" before the group.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> S,
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