LDOH Last Days Of Humanity patch on boonnie

gynecrologist

Tue, 30/10/2012 - 08:51

LDOH patch on black military boonie hat + US/POW flag pin (on back)

Patch

Not for sale or trade

Bands:

Last Days Of Humanity

non-existent user on Tue, 30/10/2012 - 15:22

that's called a jungle hat/bush hat. the loops around the base are for sticking leaves into.

gynecrologist

on Tue, 30/10/2012 - 17:07

Or boonie hat like we call-em in this country. I've had this one for almost 30 years.

non-existent user on Tue, 30/10/2012 - 17:15

boonie? interesting name... never heard that one before... thanks!

gynecrologist

on Tue, 30/10/2012 - 17:40

I believe it is derived from boondocks...which is equivalent to 'the bush. But in searching for its entomology I only found boondock with no mention of the 'boonie hat' even though that is where it is clearly derived.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondocks
And this from Wordorigins.org
"It derives from the Tagalog word bundok, meaning mountain. It was adopted into the language by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines as a word meaning any remote and wild place. By 1909, only some ten years after the American conquest of the islands, the word had caught on enough to rate an entry in that year’s Webster’s New International Dictionary. Despite this, however, it remained primarily a military slang term, especially among Marines, until the 1960s, when, probably because of the Vietnam War, it gained wider, civilian usage."