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Skank vs Hoodrat - What's the difference?

skank | hoodrat |

As nouns the difference between skank and hoodrat

is that skank is a gift, a donation while hoodrat is (slang) a sexually promiscuous girl.

As a verb skank

is .

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 ----

    hoodrat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A sexually promiscuous girl.
  • * Compton's Most Wanted'' - ''Hoodrat (song)
  • * 2 Live Crew'' - ''Hoochie Mama (song)
  • * The Hold Steady''- ''Your Little Hoodrat Friend (song)
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  • * The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (film)- ''"So what you just got to do is just get you a bunch of these hood rats run through them, just knock them out. Boom, boom, boom. And once you've done slayed like of them hood rats now you ready to go up to the upper echelon type ho. You know what I mean?" Jay
  • * Hood Rat''-''K'wan, K'wan Foye'' (book)- ''"a woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to "get around" in the 'hood."

    • Usage notes

    The term was largely used by hip-hop artists in the early 1990s.

    Synonyms

    * slut * hoe