Meanings
plural ho-bags · alternative ho bag · alternative hoe bag · alternative hoe-bag · alternative hoebag
- derogatoryslangvulgarA woman considered promiscuous.
As far as he knew, I was just a ho-bag who makes a habit of screwing random guys on golf courses.
2001, Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts, Three Rivers Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 132 - derogatoryslangvulgarA term of abuse for an irritating or objectionable person.
So there’s someone bothering you, really getting on your case … If it’s a girl, you might call her a ho or ho bag. It stems from whore, but don’t get too literal. Use it in a variety of situations, such as: “God, my teacher’s being such a ho bag.” Or: “That girl is such a ho, look at her scrumpin’.”
1989 February 13, Patti Thorn, “Slang defined: Wicked to weak”, in The Daily Nonpareil, 132nd year, number 44, Council Bluffs, Ia., →ISSN, page 5, column 1
Origin
From ho + bag. First use appears c. 1989, in a Scripps Howard News Service article published in multiple newspapers. See cite below.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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