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cute hoor
cute HOOR
Local meaning
A shrewd, crafty, or politically slippery person who gets results through charm, calculation, or manipulation.
In this expression cute means clever or cunning rather than attractive. Hoor is a softened local spelling of a vulgar word, and the whole phrase can mix reluctant admiration with moral criticism.
Examples in context
- He’s a cute hoor when there’s a deal to be done.
- The old cute-hoor politics left everyone else waiting.
How it is used
The phrase is strongly associated with political and local-deal commentary, but can describe any crafty operator.
Wry, critical, grudgingly admiring, or contemptuous.
Politics, business, local deals, sport, and storytelling.
Commonly understood in Ireland; naturalness varies by region, generation, and relationship.
The second word remains vulgar and can be offensive outside the established phrase.
Spelling and scope
Contemporary Irish English, with regional and generational variation.
- Search and reference forms
cute whorecute-hoor
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Common patterns
- a cute hoor
- cute-hoor politics
- he’s some cute hoor
Read next
All words →Evidence and further reading
These sources support the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or cultural context. The entry remains open to correction from Irish speakers, regional communities, and qualified reviewers.
- The Oxford Handbook of Irish EnglishOxford University Press
Comprehensive scholarly overview of English varieties across the island of Ireland, including history, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, pragmatics, and regional variation.
- The Vocabulary of Irish EnglishOxford Academic
Scholarly chapter on the vocabulary of Irish English and the corpus evidence used to describe it.