hood rat

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hood rat

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From hood (“neighborhood”) + rat. First use appears c. 1993 in the Philadelphia Tribune.

noun hood rats

derogatory, slang 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. Let's get a couple of hood rats over for the party tonight.

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noun a poor inner city resident

Español	chorro, roto, rata, loba

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@misc{hood_rat_2026,
  title = {hood rat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hood%20rat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}