hooverize/ˈhuvɚaɪz/EtymologyFrom Hoover + -ize, named after Herbert Hoover, who, as head of the Food and Drug Administration during World War I, encouraged Americans to ration food. Apparently coined in the poem reproduced below.hooverize means to be economical in the use of a resource, particularly food. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.hooverize is pronounced /ˈhuvɚaɪz/.verbTo be economical in the use of a resource, particularly food.“The clean plate is the slogan of today, / And we this vital war-cry must obey, / And waste no single particle or crust / And save the scraps, for now we really must / Hooverize! / The empty garbage pail is now the rage, / And in this ‘war on waste’ which we must wage / To throw away an egg shell will be sin / So if, with great success, we are to win, / Hooverize! / Things must be canned which neve”