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General Slang
cute hoor
· noun · irish
A sly operator who's quietly stitched everyone up and got away with it.
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A cunning chancer who quietly works the system and comes out on top while everyone else is none the wiser. Said with grudging admiration as often as contempt — there's respect in calling someone a cute hoor.
“He got planning permission for that gaff overlooking the pier — cute hoor.”
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cute hoor In A Sentence
He got planning permission for that gaff overlooking the pier — cute hoor.
Origin & Usage
'Cute' here keeps its older meaning of sharp/cunning (as in acute), not adorable. 'Hoor' is the Irish pronunciation of 'whore', drained of the literal sexual meaning and used as a general term for a person — male or female — usually a man. Particularly associated with Irish politics, where 'cute hoor politics' describes the wink-and-nod stroke-pulling culture.
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