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Meaning of hoes before bros | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.
    US, slang, vulgar
  2. Said of a man who is willing to sacrifice a friendship for sex.
    US, rare, slang, vulgar

Examples

“"Well, I just happened to mention you were a little depressed about the whole Trent thing and needed some girl support, yadda yadda, and my mom totally swallowed it whole. She's all about the hoes before bros," Jen said with a shrug.”
“After contemplating the friendship code for a situation like this, I knew hoes before bros was the correct answer. Hoes being a term of endearment in this case, of course.”
“No! I would never date him after this! Hoes before bros, right?”
“At the moment, so many of the terms and phrases we use around female friendship are either twee or ultimately a bit meaningless: sisterhood, sisters before misters, tribe, girl squad, hoes before bros, hovaries before brovaries, life force, power posse, BFF.”
“'He always puts hoes before bros,' Layla moaned.”
“I think there is something perverse about this request but if I say no Osama will tell the boys tomorrow I'm a dog, that I'm always putting hoes before bros, and it's not worth copping that for Nada, who doesn't even seem to like me.”
“I admit it, sure: the world definitely wouldn't feel great if the saying were hoes before bros. But. It's not.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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