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ho; hoe noun- a sexually available woman; a woman who may be considered sexually available; a prostitute US, 1959
Originally black usage, from the southern US pronunciation of “whore”; now widespread through the influence of rap music. - Aaw, ‘ho’, I’s jus’ kiddin’ witcha. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 86, 1968
- — Joan Fontaine et al., Dictionary of Black Slang, 1968
- Aw, man, white ho’s are dumb. — Cecil Brown, The Life & Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, p. 146, 1969
- “These hos out here think they hos; they ain’t hos.” She said, “You don’t learn how to be a ho, you be born a ho. And I was born a ho.” — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 233, 1972
- “You want to get laid, go get a good ho and get laid.” — George Higgins, The Digger’s Game, pp. 103–104, 1973
- “I’m blunt and honest. I could easily call them pimps and ho’s.” (Quoting Frank Sinatra) — TV Guide, 17–23 November 1973
- She turned on the waterworks to cop her license to do me but I was immune to ho tears. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Long White Con, 1977
- “You two ho’s still pushing your meth?” she said conversationally. — Giveadamn Brown, 1978
- — Edith A Folb, runnin’ down some lines, 1980
- [T]hat hoe was hot, the first piece of pussy that I ever got — Geto Boys, Gangster of Love, 1990
- Let these ladies eat. Hoes gotta eat too. — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
- My dad’s been captured by a ho. — Sleepless in Seattle, 1993
- I just wanted to come and see for myself what hos you both are. — Francesca Lia Block, I Was a Teenage Fairy, p. 105, 1998
- If a girl was labeled a hoe, a skeezer, or a freak by other students, no one seemed willing to defend her. — Nelson George, Hip Hop America, p. 177, 1998
- a woman US, 1959
A weakened variation of the previous sense. - Street girls are down ’hos–they don’t know nothing but how to whore. — Susan Hall, Ladies of the Night, p. 14, 1973
- Them ho’s had bodies like goddesses, and knew it too. — Menace II Society, 1993
- Drugs and gang violence. Women casually described as bitches and hos. Uzis. Glocks. — The Times Magazine, p. 43, 16 February 2002
- a weak or effeminate man US
- “Fuck you, hoe.” “Don’t call me that.” “What? Hoe!” — Two Fingers, Puff (Disco Biscuits), p. 220, 1996
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