FIFA thinks snoods could be a danger to players' necks

[Tom Zurinskas]

If one has a head cold I can see where a snood would be very practical. Possibly in matching light green. http://j.mp/UKSnood

I looked up how the "oo" is pronounced. Most oo's in text are short (as in "good") but this one is long (as in "food"). I suppose stashing some food in your snood would make it a foodsnood.

Beyond practical considerations, I say snootily that for men only a snoot would where a snood.

Tom Zurinskas, from Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 8.
Free English-based phonetic converter, URL and text , at truespel.com



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> Victor said about the modern supplementary meaning of 'snood':
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> 'But it's not a neckerchief. It's more like a tube of stretchy fabric (neck
> gaiter), somewhat resembling headgear worn by mostly young female joggers
> (although also by some undetermined number of males and nonjoggers) back in
> the 1990s.'
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> Actually, Wilson is right: the neckerchief-looking object in the photo at
> my link
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> http://j.mp/UKSnood
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> _is_ what was referred to as a 'snood' in 1980s UK New Romantic fashion. It
> was definitely something that looked draped (I don't know whether they were
> actually loose tubes of fabric, or draped expanses of fabric attached
> behind the neck - I was too young to have one). What was a 'snood' at that
> time didn't stretch and cling to the neck, as the most recent referent of
> 'snood' as neckwear seems to do.
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