zoot

See also: Zoot

English

Noun

zoot (plural zoots)

1. (US, slang) A zoot suit.
2. (Britain, slang) A marijuana cigarette.
3. (Britain, slang) PCP; phencyclidine.
4. (Trinidad and Tobago, slang) A cigarette butt.
5. (fandom slang) A fursuit.
   • 1997, "Alterskunk", Spokesfur to appear on BBC Radio (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)

     I also told him about a fur meet in which we 'squicked a bunch of mundanes' by running around in a shopping mall in zoots, etc.

   • 1999, "Boomer the Dog", Fursuits appear in the strangest places... (on newsgroup alt.lifestyle.furry)

     It seems some Furries like zoots because they're the closest thing to a live anthro they can find.

Related terms

• zoot suit

References

• Dalzell, Tom; Terry Victor (2008) The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (in English), London and New York: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-21259-5