hood rat

noun

1. slang.
   a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area

Word History and Origins

Origin of hood rat¹

C20: from ’hood ; influenced by mall rat

Example Sentences

Defendants stepping forward in the case claim to have heard upper-level management at the California factory refer to workers as "monkey toes" and "hood rat," according to coverage by The Verge, and there are further claims that an area within the factory primarily manned by Black workers was referred to as the "porch monkey station."

From Salon

Several of the messages included racial and misogynistic slurs, with one person calling her a “ghetto hood rat” and adding they hoped she would “choke on a chicken bone.”

From Fox News

Rogers recently came under fire after a local newspaper resurfaced his "offensive posts," including a 2014 post which said Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by police in Ferguson, was doing "hood rat sh*t."

From Salon

She’s called Jay that “ol’ hood rat from the projects” plenty of times.

From Literature

I’ve been called ghetto, ratchet, a hood rat with no home training.

From Literature