hoejabi

H4O1E1J8A1B3I1

noun

A sexually promiscuous woman who wears a hijab.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounhoejabi (plural hoejabis)

plural hoejabis

  1. derogatoryslangA sexually promiscuous woman who wears a hijab.

    Taken literally, the term “hoejabi” (not my coinage) refers to women who see themselves at the crossroads of being “hoes” and “hijabis.”

    2018, Romaissaa Benzizoune, How to Be a Hoejabi, The New York Times
    2 more examples

    Some Muslims may argue that girls of our faith who don't wear a hijab aren't as religious. But I beg to differ. Hoejabis do exist — so never judge a book by its cover.

    2016 August 21, Nexus, number 18, page 23

    “Are you a Hijabi or a Hoejabi?” she wrote. “Hijabi: A Muslimah who is fully covered head to toe, as her Lord commanded. Hoejabi: A hybrid between a whore and a hijabi.”

    2017, Malcolm Nance, Christopher Sampson, Hacking ISIS: How to Destroy the Cyber Jihad, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 36

Origin

Blend of hoe + hijabi. Attested online since at least 2011.

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APA

hoejabi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoejabi

MLA

“hoejabi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoejabi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoejabi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoejabi.

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