ho-bag

noun

A woman considered promiscuous.

Meanings

nounho-bag (plural ho-bags)

plural ho-bags · alternative ho bag · alternative hoe bag · alternative hoe-bag · alternative hoebag

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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APA

ho-bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ho-bag

MLA

“ho-bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ho-bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ho-bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ho-bag.

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