hood rats
Neighborhood street youth
Hood rats is a derogatory term for people, especially young women, from poor urban neighborhoods—implying they're promiscuous, unrefined, or involved in street life.
The singular hood rat can describe anyone seen as trashy or ghetto: She's just a hood rat from around the way.
Sometimes used self-deprecatingly or affectionately among friends.
Working team aboard
- cliqueExclusive social group
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- homiesSlang for close friends
- blockSolid mass, or impede
corner boys · neighborhood · projects · housing · ghetto · inner city · troublemakers · delinquents
Public urban ways
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- povertySevere lack of resources
- toughDurable and strong
scrappy · resourceful · street smart · survival · gritty · hardscrabble · making do · getting by
Playful mischievous acts
- troublemakingDeliberately causing discord
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- vandalismWillful property damage
tagging · joyriding · shoplifting · fighting · rowdy · unruly · reckless · wild
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- classismPrejudice by economic rank
- stigmaMark of dishonor
dismissive · judgmental · labeling · othering · marginalized · looked down on · disrespected · profiled
crew
Working team aboard
block · corner boys · neighborhood · projects · housing · ghetto · inner city · troublemakers · delinquents · runaways
streets
Public urban ways
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- povertySevere lack of resources
tough · scrappy · resourceful · street smart · survival · gritty · hardscrabble · making do · getting by · dangerous
pranks
Playful mischievous acts
- troublemakingDeliberately causing discord
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
vandalism · tagging · joyriding · shoplifting · fighting · rowdy · unruly · reckless · wild · rebellious
derogatory
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- classismPrejudice by economic rank
stigma · dismissive · judgmental · labeling · othering · marginalized · looked down on · disrespected · profiled · discriminated
hood ratsdebutantes
Women debuting socially
socialites · trust fund kids · rich kids · upper-crust · blue bloods