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hood
Adjective: Someone who is from an inner city and expresses the essence of urban culture. Not to be confused with ghetto because a person can be hood but not ghetto at all. Describing a person as 'hood" can be a positive compliment but describing someone as ghetto is usually derogatory. Many people that are "hood" are successful, classy individuals who not only survived the perils of the inner city but love their hometown and have a desire to make it better for everyone there. Whereas people described as ghetto are usually poor, trashy and uncouth. Back in the day, many "ghetto" people lived in the projects. "Hood" describes people from the hood who were raised with the hip hop era but are not and have never been ghetto. Many grew up in middle class households in the hood. They are home boys and home girls.
hood by believer131 February 3, 2013
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Someone who is hood is very different from someone who is street
You can be hood without having to sell drugs or gang bang
Lots of hood individuals go to school, work, and are successful despite having the mentality
To be hood means you care about your neighborhood, and you understand how it is
Someone who is street is someone who sells drugs, gangbangs, and brings a negative image to their neighborhood.
You can be hood without having to sell drugs or gang bang
Lots of hood individuals go to school, work, and are successful despite having the mentality
To be hood means you care about your neighborhood, and you understand how it is
Someone who is street is someone who sells drugs, gangbangs, and brings a negative image to their neighborhood.
Hood by RasheedSantana June 12, 2018
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hood by KiStone 1000 February 5, 2003
hood
1. The ghetto.
2. Someone who is from the ghetto.
3. Someone who acts like they are from the ghetto.
Other Slang: Hoodlum, Gangsta, Thug, Nigga, Pimp, Street-rat, Street Urchin, etc.
4. The foreskin of a penis.
5. Covering of the clitoris.
2. Someone who is from the ghetto.
3. Someone who acts like they are from the ghetto.
Other Slang: Hoodlum, Gangsta, Thug, Nigga, Pimp, Street-rat, Street Urchin, etc.
4. The foreskin of a penis.
5. Covering of the clitoris.
hood by The wise one. October 14, 2003
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