coatigan

English

Etymology

Blend of coat +‎ cardigan.

Noun

coatigan (plural coatigans)

1. A garment that is a hybrid of a coat and a cardigan.
   • 2013 May 10, “The trouser is so now in the singular world of fashion”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:

     And it doesn't stop there: greige, skorts, coatigans, recessionistas, glunge, glamping – all these linguistic mashups began life on the pages of fashion magazines or style blogs and have since gone more mainstream than a Louboutin stiletto.

   • 2015, Arabella Weir, Testing Times for Tabitha Baird, London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN, page 148:

     Oh my god, you should see them. It is actually the most hilar thing I have ever seen in my life. Even more hilar than the coatigan Gran made before.

   • 2023 September 25, Vanessa Friedman, “Should I Wear a Fleece to the Office?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-11:

     Coatigans can be found at all price levels from a variety of retailers, including Amazon, J. Crew and so on up to the very haute.