New York City AAVE slang for a woman considered promiscuous or sexually loose — used as a derogatory label in street and hip-hop culture. The term is typically used by men to demean women and carries strong negative connotations. While it circulates on social media and in drill/rap lyrics, it is by definition a pejorative. It follows a long tradition of gendered insult terms in urban slang and should be understood as stigmatising and sexist in most contexts.
Treesh is informal slang, sometimes considered derogatory toward women (a softened version of a stronger word). Worth conversations about respectful language. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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Slang from Black American Vernacular English (AAVE), hip-hop, drag and ballroom culture, the Caribbean, and NYC street vocabulary. The single largest source of new mainstream English slang in living memory.
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He told her she was acting like a treesh, and she cut him off immediately.
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(New York, AAVE, _, slang) A promiscuous woman.
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