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Hory (pronounced like whorey) means very rugged or ruthless, and often very Maori, and sometimes very Polynesian (not in a good way). This has a similar meaning to feral, mongrel and perhaps hillbilly. It is mostly used in New Zealand and Australia (as there are many hories there). This word may have Maori (native NZer) roots.
Man those are some hory shoes! (the shoes are covered in mud and falling apart)
Dude that is some hory weed! (the weed comes from the great outdoors and was left to grow wild, often has many stalks)
That guy is hory as fuck! (the guy was trying to bang some really ugly lady)
That chick is hory as! (the lady is drunk, a croaky voice, smokes cigs, perhaps maori, poly, or white trash and trying to bum a ciggie off some cute guys)
That's a hory ride! (the ride is probs from before the mid 90's and has heaps of rust and random paint spots etc, cut suspension springs, home made tinted windows)
Hory by Dracovenaticum December 6, 2013
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This is how some with a strong Asian accent pronounces "Holy shit".
"Did you hear? President Obama won a second term at the White House!"

"Hory shet!"
hory shet by Polish Warhammer November 13, 2012
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1.Asian way of say Holy Shit

2.Expression used when a chainsaw guy sneakes up on you in Resident Evil 4.
Hory Shit! That chainsaw guy ripped me in half! WTF!
Hory Shit by CowsGoneWild February 20, 2007

hory sheet 

Variant of "hory shet"; the phoenetic spelling of the way some Asians pronounce "Holy Shit!"
"Hory sheet!", said the yellow person. "It's flied lice, you lacist plick!"
hory sheet by ok_meat October 10, 2016
an expression commonly used when something unbelievable happens.
let's say you have a prosthetic hand and for some odd reason, it enlargens while you're in an amusement park with death himself. "Hory shet!"
A popular Asian slur, based of how people would imagine a person of Asian culture saying “holy shit”
Hey did you hear the Asian kid say holy shit, it sounded like hory shet
Hory shet by T_dono09 December 5, 2018

hory mory 

what it sounds like when a chinese person says holy moly
Chin Lee: "Herro buddy how you doing today?"

Lee Fin: "Me doing good, I rearry rike america!"

Chin Lee: "Hory mory watch out for bus!"
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