Hooverizer

English Etymology From en Hooverize -er agent noun. Noun One who Hooverizes. en 1917 Delta Delta Delta The Trident of Delta Delta Delta 472 When we poor Americans looked at the pure, clear liquid in the tiny bowl of Japanese fashion, I imagine more than one of us wished that we were as good “Hooverizers” on the sugar question as our little yellow brothers. en 1918 Home and School Visitor 88 ... the simple repast was served and probably she might have said some unkind things, but it just so happened that the company were ardent “Hooverizers,” and they praised the good dinner as highly as it deserved. This set Mother to thinking. en 1918 Boot and Shoe Recorder 18 It is being bought by wage earners, by ThriftStamp owners, by Hooverizers, by every man who wants real, guaranteed value in a shoe which will cost him a reasonable price. en 1918 A Conspicuous National Service These birds are no Hooverizers. They eat and they eat; then fly and fly; then eat some more. en 2005 Rosemarie Ostler Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century Oxford University Press 9780195182545 18 ... food rationing named after Herbert Hoover, the program's administrator. Hooverizers abstained from certain foods on one or two days of the week; for example, wheatless Mondays and porkless Thursdays and Saturdays. en eponyms en Herbert Hoover