A fork of Rural Dictionary
someone who has THE BIG DUMB
lmao did you see eric yesterday omg he was actin like a hoopty
In the past, a hooptie was an old car, really raggedy or just worn, that had seen better days. A hooptie could be a car that had been in a fender bender and the owner opted to fix the damaged body panels with mis-matched colored parts from a similar car from the junk yard. In high school, if your car (no matter what it was) had four different make tires on its four corners, it was an automatic hooptie! If it had one different make tire amongst 3 of the same brand, you might still be driving a hooptie! At some point, "hooptie" began to get reserved for big ass American cars from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Lately, those few left over big cars from the 90s and 00s can qualify, but it must be American. If it was a raggedy little car or a foreign car, it was a "beater" or a "bucket." A true hooptie must be American!! There is a new additive to the term which is "Love." These days, most of us have a special affinity for big old Detroit-built land yachts, whatever the condition, that mom, dad, grandma or grandpa drove. In fact, where would the "Low-Rider" be without a cheap or abandoned hooptie like a 60s Chevy Impala or Mercury Marquis? In the future, "hooptie" will mean a well-loved vehicle. It's a car that elicits looks and conversations. How cool is that? Hooptie: not an insult at all!!
I'm rollin' in my '64!! Well, right now, it's just a hooptie, but wait 'til I trick it out!! I just scored a bomb-ass hooptie for less than $1500!! I'm feeling your hooptie, bro!! Me: "That's a cool old Cadillac, young lady!!" Elderly original owner of said Cadillac: "It's my hooptie!!" (The preceding were real comments heard on the street!!)
1. (Noun) A car (usually older) in a run-down state due to the owner not having the money to fix it. 2. (Noun) A 'legacy' car passed down as the owner gets a newer car. Older teens will pass it on to younger siblings as well. In the military, hoopties can go through many owners as people are posted to and away from a base. (Example, an Army sergeant in 1990 bought a hooptie from a soldier leaving Germany. He sold that car to another when he was posted elsewhere in 1992. He then was reposted back to that same unit in 1994 and was able to buy the same car back.)
"Dude, I bet you're stoked about the new car! I know it was embarrassing driving around in your brother's old hooptie."
It's not a diesel, and it's barely a gaser. Basically any truck that the driver don't know what a real truck is. Some young privk usually drives it, revving the engine at every stop, and beats on it to try and replace what the space in their pants can't.
"If your lift kit is lopsided, your truck might be a hooptie truck" "If your truck was bought on Craigslist, it might be a hooptie"