Hood Rats and slang

[Wilson Gray]

That's also been my experience, but I know it only from TV, my
corner-hanging and street-running days being <sigh!> dekkids behind
me. With neither chick nor child nor grandchild to keep me hip or
fresh or whatever is said, nowadays, I can't speak authoritatively on
any slang more recent than ca.1975. So, I have to go with what's found
on line.

-Wilson

On 9/5/07, Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> That's what was kind of curious to me because all the other times I've heard
> someone called a "hood rat" it was a female, usually of loose morals.
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> Scot
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> >From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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> >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:29:47 -0400
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> >From the site cited:
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> >"Hood Rat[:]
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> >"An[sic] street character. Someone who hangs around the 'hood.'"
> >
> >That seems gender-neutral to me.
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> >-Wilson
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> >On 9/4/07, Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I got curious about the term "hood rat" today and gave it a quick
> >internet
> > > search. I can find citations from the mid-1990's, but I assume it is
> >older
> > > than that. Also, does anyone know if the term is exclusive to females?
> > >
> > > BTW, I happened across this slang site. It's interesting.
> > > http://www.voxcommunications.com/slang15.htm
> > >
> > > Scot
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