I thought “ho” is short for whore in ebonics. Correct or not? Anyone?
Ho is short for street walker, a prostitute. Ho for “honked at”. The lowest form of prostitute, although “crack ho” — a ho addicted to crack is arguably lower than low. And that’s the down low, homey.
Thats correct.Similiar to saying “Do”for door and “Flo”for floor.
Nothing new.Dilliard and Smitherman reasearched the whole”Ebonics”question and actually traced such pronunciations back to West African speech patterns that are centuries old.