tinfoil hatn.

Brit.

/ˌtɪnfɔɪl ˈhat/, U.S.

/ˈˌtɪnˌfɔɪl ˈhæt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tinfoil n., hat n.

Etymology: < tinfoil n. + hat n.With sense b and uses in Compounds compare earlier tinfoil cap n. (b) at tinfoil n. Additions, and the following quotation taken from an early 20th-cent. science fiction story:1926 J. Huxley Tissue-culture King in Yale Rev. Apr. 500 We had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect, and had prepared for ourselves a sort of tin pulpit, behind which we could stand while conducting experiments. This, combined with caps of metal foil, enormously reduced the effects on ourselves.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

A hat made from tinfoil.

a. As worn at a party, celebration, etc.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > for specific purpose

pricking-hat1402

matinee hat1869

tinfoil hat1884

safari hat1935

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > other

felt1612

castor1640

chip hat1723

Spanish hat1784

stuff hat1839

tinfoil hat1884

1884 Life 2 Oct. 1/1 A tinfoil hat, a spangled shirt.

1947 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 23 July 6/3 A color note of pink and green prevailed in the appointments and favors were novelty tin foil hats and suckers.

1984 D. Unger Leaving Land 126 A television crew drove all the way from Rapid City to cover the party. Everyone wore a tinfoil hat. Everyone yelled and blew a paper horn.

1997 Times (Nexis) 10 Jan. I recall..being on a train with A Famous Band, drinking champagne and celebrating their new Top Ten hit by wearing a very silly tinfoil hat.

b. With allusion to the belief that such a hat protects the wearer from mind control, surveillance, or similar types of threat.Frequently either extraterrestrials or the government are imagined to be the source of such threats.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other

cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475

hat1483

wishing-hat1600

cockle hat1603

porringer1623

poke1632

custard-cap1649

bonnet1675

muff-box1678

Caroline1687

Quaker1778

meat safe1782

balloon hat1784

gypsy hat1785

cabriolet1797

gypsy bonnet1803

Gypsy1806

Wellington hat1809

fan-tail-hat1810

umbrella hat1817

radical1828

caubeen1831

topi1835

montera1838

Petersham1845

squash hat1860

Moab1864

kiddy1865

flap-hat1866

Dolly Varden1872

brush-hata1877

potae1881

Pope's-hat1886

plateau1890

kelly1915

push-back1920

kiss-me-quick hat1963

pakul1982

tinfoil hat1982

1982 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 16 May a25/5 A Cleveland woman telephoned last year to complain that her neighbor was shooting an invisible death ray at her. She wanted the police to stop it. The dispatcher suggested she wear a tin foil hat and put tin on her windows to deflect the rays.

1986 San Diego Union 19 July d1/1 She told one reporter..that the midgets and androids were spying on her... He advised her to line her attic with tinfoil and to wear a tinfoil hat. They can't penetrate tinfoil, he explained.

1994 Denver Post (Nexis) 23 Sept. b1 These folks stop just short of wearing tinfoil hats to shield them from evil government rays.

2007 Maximum PC Feb. 50/2 Have reason to believe ‘the man’ is watching your PC activity with a keylogger? KeyScrambler Personal will encrypt your keystrokes... Tinfoil hat not included.

Compounds

a. attributive. In sense b, with the sense, ‘deluded, paranoid; advocating or believing in conspiracy theories’.

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1994 Denver Post 19 Aug. b1/5 A person can be right-wing without joining the goofball, tinfoil-hat brigade.

2005 H. Duncan Vellum 353 He's not crazy enough to think they're beaming thoughts into his head; he's not reached the tinfoil hat stage yet. But they're definitely watching him, following him.

2009 E. Emerson Cape Disappointment 158 ‘Is anybody looking into the possibility that the plane might have been brought down on purpose?’ ‘You mean a tinfoil-hat conspiracy?’

tinfoil-hat-wearing adj.

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2000 Rush is Wrong in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Feb. There are certain Posters on this site who will soon show up to call anyone who believes this article, kooks, loons and tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy nuts!

2010 G. Beck Overton Window 81 According to network news, you're all borderline-insane, ignorant, paranoid, uneducated, hate-mongering, tinfoil-hat-wearing, racist conspiracy theorists.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tinfoil hat
释义	tinfoil hatn. Brit. /ˌtɪnfɔɪl ˈhat/, U.S. /ˈˌtɪnˌfɔɪl ˈhæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tinfoil n., hat n. Etymology: < tinfoil n. + hat n.With sense b and uses in Compounds compare earlier tinfoil cap n. (b) at tinfoil n. Additions, and the following quotation taken from an early 20th-cent. science fiction story:1926 J. Huxley Tissue-culture King in Yale Rev. Apr. 500 We had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect, and had prepared for ourselves a sort of tin pulpit, behind which we could stand while conducting experiments. This, combined with caps of metal foil, enormously reduced the effects on ourselves. Originally and chiefly U.S. A hat made from tinfoil. a. As worn at a party, celebration, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > for specific purpose pricking-hat1402 matinee hat1869 tinfoil hat1884 safari hat1935 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > other felt1612 castor1640 chip hat1723 Spanish hat1784 stuff hat1839 tinfoil hat1884 1884 Life 2 Oct. 1/1 A tinfoil hat, a spangled shirt. 1947 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 23 July 6/3 A color note of pink and green prevailed in the appointments and favors were novelty tin foil hats and suckers. 1984 D. Unger Leaving Land 126 A television crew drove all the way from Rapid City to cover the party. Everyone wore a tinfoil hat. Everyone yelled and blew a paper horn. 1997 Times (Nexis) 10 Jan. I recall..being on a train with A Famous Band, drinking champagne and celebrating their new Top Ten hit by wearing a very silly tinfoil hat. b. With allusion to the belief that such a hat protects the wearer from mind control, surveillance, or similar types of threat.Frequently either extraterrestrials or the government are imagined to be the source of such threats. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475 hat1483 wishing-hat1600 cockle hat1603 porringer1623 poke1632 custard-cap1649 bonnet1675 muff-box1678 Caroline1687 Quaker1778 meat safe1782 balloon hat1784 gypsy hat1785 cabriolet1797 gypsy bonnet1803 Gypsy1806 Wellington hat1809 fan-tail-hat1810 umbrella hat1817 radical1828 caubeen1831 topi1835 montera1838 Petersham1845 squash hat1860 Moab1864 kiddy1865 flap-hat1866 Dolly Varden1872 brush-hata1877 potae1881 Pope's-hat1886 plateau1890 kelly1915 push-back1920 kiss-me-quick hat1963 pakul1982 tinfoil hat1982 1982 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 16 May a25/5 A Cleveland woman telephoned last year to complain that her neighbor was shooting an invisible death ray at her. She wanted the police to stop it. The dispatcher suggested she wear a tin foil hat and put tin on her windows to deflect the rays. 1986 San Diego Union 19 July d1/1 She told one reporter..that the midgets and androids were spying on her... He advised her to line her attic with tinfoil and to wear a tinfoil hat. They can't penetrate tinfoil, he explained. 1994 Denver Post (Nexis) 23 Sept. b1 These folks stop just short of wearing tinfoil hats to shield them from evil government rays. 2007 Maximum PC Feb. 50/2 Have reason to believe ‘the man’ is watching your PC activity with a keylogger? KeyScrambler Personal will encrypt your keystrokes... Tinfoil hat not included. Compounds a. attributive. In sense b, with the sense, ‘deluded, paranoid; advocating or believing in conspiracy theories’. ΚΠ 1994 Denver Post 19 Aug. b1/5 A person can be right-wing without joining the goofball, tinfoil-hat brigade. 2005 H. Duncan Vellum 353 He's not crazy enough to think they're beaming thoughts into his head; he's not reached the tinfoil hat stage yet. But they're definitely watching him, following him. 2009 E. Emerson Cape Disappointment 158 ‘Is anybody looking into the possibility that the plane might have been brought down on purpose?’ ‘You mean a tinfoil-hat conspiracy?’ b. tinfoil-hat-wearing adj. ΚΠ 2000 Rush is Wrong in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Feb. There are certain Posters on this site who will soon show up to call anyone who believes this article, kooks, loons and tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy nuts! 2010 G. Beck Overton Window 81 According to network news, you're all borderline-insane, ignorant, paranoid, uneducated, hate-mongering, tinfoil-hat-wearing, racist conspiracy theorists. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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