Slang adjective describing behaviour, style, or an attitude perceived as sexually promiscuous, attention-seeking, or flirtatious in a bold and unabashed way. When someone calls an outfit or a move 'hoeish', they're saying it's deliberately provocative or designed to attract maximum attention. The word is used freely in hip-hop culture and among younger generations, often reclaimed with self-aware humour, though it retains its edge as a pointed critique when deployed seriously.
She showed up to the birthday dinner in what she cheerfully called her most hoeish dress and owned every second of it.
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(slang, vulgar) Like a ho .
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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