Entry · catalog no. 7316
hoochie
/ /ˈhutʃi/ /HOO-chee
noun · Miami and the hip-hop South · 1990s
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1.
A woman written off as promiscuous or cheap in style — tight clothes, loud presentation, out for what she can get. A judgment word, aimed almost always at women, sometimes worn defiantly. Often extended to hoochie mama.
“They called her a hoochie for the same outfit a video girl gets paid to wear.”
Origin & Attribution
Black hip-hop speech of the early 1990s, clipped from the old hoochie coochie of carnival-dance fame. The earliest documented use is Rodney-O's U Don't Hear Me Tho (1993); 2 Live Crew's Hoochie Mama (1995) carried it to the mainstream on Miami bass.
1993
Rodney-O's U Don't Hear Me Tho carries the earliest documented use
1995
2 Live Crew's Hoochie Mama takes the word mainstream from Miami bass
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide
Miami and the hip-hop South · 1990s
Spoken by
Black hip-hop speech of the '90s; general slang after
$HOOCHIThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Faded33 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
60/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
1993
in the culture
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Atlanta, GA
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Memphis, TN
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Citations & Sources
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Rodney-O, U Don't Hear Me Tho (Street Mix) — OED first evidence
1993
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+ Cite a source2 Live Crew, Hoochie Mama (Lil' Joe) — Friday soundtrack
1995
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