Entry · catalog no. 7412
huzz
/ /hʌz/ /HUZ
noun · New York City; streaming culture · 2020s
✓ Verified
1.
A reshaping of "hoes" — the huzz — used with a wink for women in general: crushes, prospects, the women at the function. Tone runs playful to plainly disrespectful depending on the mouth it is in.
“He claim he going to the mall to holla at the huzz.”
Origin & Attribution
AAVE wordplay — the -uzz reshaping that also gives bruzz for bros — pushed into circulation by Harlem-raised streamer Kai Cenat, whose earliest documented on-stream use dates to February 2023. TikTok carried it to critical mass in late 2024. Widely filed under "brainrot" by coverage that never checked the word's address.
2023
Earliest documented Kai Cenat clip (February)
2024
Spreads beyond streaming; TikTok trend hits critical mass (November)
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide
New York City; streaming culture · 2020s
Spoken by
Black streaming and rap circles; then TikTok
$HUZZThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady3 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
80/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2023
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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@auntiereg
Atlanta, GA
@deltasoul
Memphis, TN
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Citations & Sources
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Kai Cenat livestream clip, documented by Know Your Meme
2023
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+ Cite a sourceMerriam-Webster slang entry for huzz
2025
See also