hood rich

English

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Adjective

hood rich (comparative more hood rich, superlative most hood rich)

  1. (slang) Exhibiting flamboyant spending habits, while doing nothing to improve one’s living conditions.
    • 2005, Malcolm D Carter, $7 an Hour Ain't No Job: The Second Emancipation of the Black Race, Sundog, Limited, →ISBN, page 43,
      Finally, we must change the “Hood Rich” mentality. The rap group Cash Money described this mentality perfectly when they sung[sic] about not being able to pay rent or bills but driving in a new E-class Mercedes and dressing “fly”.
    • 2005, anonymous, in Kiki Swinson, I'm Still Wifey, Melodrama Publishing, 0-9717021-5-2, front cover,
      In the mix of all the drama, Kira unintentionally falls for a new hood rich cat who has it all. Money, good looks, and a girl back home in Jersey!

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