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Skank vs Ho - What's the difference?

skank | ho |

As nouns the difference between skank and ho

is that skank is any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant while ho is a stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

As a verb skank

is to dance the skank.

As an interjection ho is

used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.

As a proper noun Ho is

a Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

As an initialism HO is

Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, in economics.

skank

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
  • Etymology 2

    . Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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  • Synonyms
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    Etymology 3

    Jamaican origin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dance performed to ska.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the skank
  • Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.

    Etymology 4

    Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cheating a person.
  • That's not a good deal; it's a skank .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cheat, especially a friend.
  • ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked .
    Derived terms
    * skanker * skanky Jamaican English ----

    ho

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ho, .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
  • Sail ho !
  • :: Another boat is visible!
  • Land ho !
  • :: Land is visible!
  • Man ho !
  • :: A town is visible!
  • halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
  • * Shakespeare
  • What noise there, ho ?
  • * Shakespeare
  • Ho ! who's within?
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
  • Ho ! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.

    Noun

  • A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
  • * Decker
  • There is no ho with them.
    References
    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    Etymology 2

    An eye dialect corruption of whore , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
  • Bros before hos !
    Synonyms
    * See also

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