hoes before bros en · X
Etymology
Inversion of bros before hoes.
Meanings
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(US, slang, vulgar) A woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.
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.
2022, Claire Cohen, BFF?: The truth about female friendship:No! I would never date him after this! Hoes before bros, right?
2017, Lele Pons, Melissa de la Cruz, Surviving High School, page 238: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.
2015, Sophia Henry, Delayed Penalty:"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.
2011, Quinn Loftis, Leslie McKee, Prince of Wolves:
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(US, rare, slang, vulgar) Said of a man who is willing to sacrifice a friendship for sex.
I admit it, sure: the world definitely wouldn't feel great if the saying were hoes before bros. But. It's not.
2020, Elizabeth Seibert, The Bro Code:'He always puts hoes before bros,' Layla moaned.
2018, Ella Harper, If I Fall: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.
2018, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, The Lebs:
Coordinates
dicks before chicks · misters before sisters