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nappy headed hoe 

Phrase used by a radio host that caused him to lose his job for 2 weeks.

Same phrase that is used by thousands of urban speakers that no one ever cared about before the radio host used it.

Phrase used by Con Men to try and extort money and fame from radio host.
Those basketball players are some nappy headed hoe's.
nappy headed hoe by B. T. Ruthfull December 24, 2008

nappy headed hoe 

Became famous because of use by Dan Imus on MSNBC when he said "nappy headed hoe's" to women basketball team of Rutgers.

IMUS: That's some rough girls from Rutgers. Man, they got tattoos and --
McGUIRK: Some hard-core hos.

IMUS: That's some nappy-headed hos there. I'm gonna tell you that now, man, that's some -- woo. And the girls from Tennessee, they all look cute, you know, so, like -- kinda like -- I don't know.

McGUIRK: A Spike Lee thing.

...ROSENBERG: It was a tough watch. The more I look at Rutgers, they look exactly like the Toronto Raptors.
nappy headed hoe by Gaurav Joshi April 17, 2007

Nappy Headed Hoe 

Don Imus' definition of a black woman that looks very ghetto and dangerous.
"That's some nappy headed hoes there. I'm gonna tell you that now, man, that's some -- woo. And the girls from Tennessee, they all look cute, you know, so, like -- kinda like -- I don't know."
Nappy Headed Hoe by J-Dawg2992 April 22, 2007

Pedo Joe and the Nappy Headed Hoe 

A term used to describe Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in a nasty way due to pictures of Biden sniffing little kids surfacing and Harris known to be sleeping with older married men in order to advance in her political career.
Trump had the election stolen from him. No way I'm gonna support Pedo Joe and the Nappy Headed Hoe

nappy headed hoes 

What can get a white guy fired from his talk show!!!
Them some nappy headed hoes on the Rutgers team.
nappy headed hoes by mmoshherny April 19, 2007

Nappy Headed Hoes 

A slang name for members of the 2007 championship women's Ruckers basketball team. First coined by the legendary shock jock Don Imus. Although mainstream media dubbed it as a racist remark it is really used as a more general term to describe broke-down bitches of all races. Misunderstanding that by using the term "Nappy Headed" Imus was merely making reference to the players unkept appearance not there black heritage and that with the word "ho" he was simple making reference to them as women and not prostitutes the media lead by Al Sharpton embarked on a witch hunt to ruin his career. This statement proved to be costly for Imus because he ended getting fired from both CBS & NBC over the incident.
1. Did Imus say nappy headed hoes, I think he should have said nappy headed bro cause these half these chicks have more facial hair then my grandpa.
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