Slang of the Day January 12, 2021

💠hood us

✍🏾Meaning

a neighbourhood, especially in a poor, urban area

❕For example

🔺Jerome often goes back to the hood to see his family and hang out with old friends.

🔺A lot of rap artists tell stories about life in the hood.

▫️Origin

short for "neighbourhood"; first appeared in Black American English in the 1970's

▫️Variety

This is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.