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Hooverize, v. U.S.|ˈhuːvəraɪz|
[f. the name of Herbert C. Hoover (1874–1964), food commissioner 1917–19, and President of the U.S. 1929–33 + -ize.]
intr. To be sparing or economical, esp. in the use of food.
1917H. B. Gross in N.Y. Tribune 13 June 10/7 It is now assured that Mr. Hoover is about to become our food regulator..and since he has..exhorted the public to exercise the utmost economy in the use of foodstuffs..I suggest that ‘to Hooverize’ be universally adopted as expressing the assistance every one of us..can render in that direction. 1919W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) ii. 20 To make sure that there were no truants, all hands were forced to ‘Hooverize’. 1932Blue Valley Farmer (Okla. City) 7 Jan. 5/6 Once before he made us Hooverize When Wilson had his war.
Hence ˈHooverizing vbl. n.
1918Lit. Digest 12 Jan. 14/2 Hooverizing is commonly regarded as something new. 1918Harper's Bazaar Mar. 62/2 The butter-colored straw with its horn of abundance, overflowing with many colored fruits.., is doubly significant to-day with our enforced Hooverizing. |