hood rat
Meanings
noun
- A person, especially a man or a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From hood (“neighborhood”) + rat. First use appears c. 1993 in the Philadelphia Tribune.
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