Talk:Shoobie

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[edit] Removed section

I removed the following text, which had no sources listed for it and was likely original research. This could be put back if sources are found verifying it: "Typical "shoobie" behavior is said to include:

  • Driving carelessly or recklessly, with little regard for local traffic regulations.
  • Having their children stand in parking spaces while they turn their car around.
  • Boorish, loud conduct in public areas.
  • Standing out in the middle of the street and blocking traffic.
  • Going through the exact change lane at the toll bridges -- without actually possessing exact change.
  • Wearing no shirt or shoes in the supermarket.
  • Quickly acquiring a full-body sunburn.
  • At times, public urination or vomiting.
  • Littering on the beach.
  • Arguing with beach taggers.
  • Sitting at the beach and talking on the cell phone, usually about real estate and property values.
  • Generally crowding the stores and restaurants, making life difficult for year-round residents.
  • Not knowing what the word "shoobie" means.
  • Wearing socks with sandals.
  • Wearing shoes on the beach.
  • Arguing that "they do live here."
  • Driving a car with an out-of-state license plate.
  • Wearing a t-shirt with the name of the same beach that you are visiting".



Definitional list reinstated as at least some of these descriptions are commonplaces among various sources. (See external links for examples.) Particular descriptions with POV inaccuracies should be identified on a case-by-case basis rather than summarily deleted. That said, additional sourcing would aid this entry.

[edit] Re: Removed section

Please stop deleting that section. I put a statement that it is not factual, but a list of characteristics. Some of those attributes may not be verifiable by the scientific method, but accepted as common knowledge from the collective unconscious.