hoodlumisms
/ˈhuːdləˌmɪzəmz/
noun
- Behaviors, actions, or attitudes typical of a hoodlum; violent or criminal conduct, especially by a group.
- The mayor promised to crack down on the hoodlumisms plaguing the city streets.
- The neighborhood was tired of the hoodlumisms that had been happening after dark.
- His hoodlumisms got him expelled from school after several warnings.
- The language or slang used by hoodlums or members of a gang.
- The novel was full of hoodlumisms that made the dialogue feel authentic.
- The detective had to learn the local hoodlumisms to understand the suspects' conversations.
- Some of the hoodlumisms from the 1920s have become part of everyday slang.
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