The latter half of the term is of course a type of clothing.Īs a Black queer person, I have been happily learning and unlearning so much of my sexuality over time. In recent years, folks have done a good old reclaiming of the word and now it has more of an empowered meaning than its original which was meant to be derogatory. To older Black women with Southern origins, a hoochie is someone who dresses and acts “fast” or is sexually promiscuous. Don’t you just wanna dance the night away with them, hands grazing and grabbing that exposed thigh and thinking about the power that must be in those strong ass legs? Phew.Īnyway, the term is a play on “Hoochie Mama” which, if any of you have a mom like mine, you have been hearing it all your life. Seeing them stroll into Sunday brunch or having drinks at the rooftop day party while wearing these? Just the thought of it makes me want to fan myself. I’ve seen hoochie daddy shorts on MOC Black dykes for years, a way for them to express and blend their feminine and masculine sides in sexy summertime fashion and I love it. They have had a resurgence the past few years - apparently Zaya Wade’s daddy wore them a few years ago and haters people made fun of him - but the term and style have reached peak popularity this summer.
The shorts themselves have roots going back to the ’70s, I literally have a picture of my dad wearing them on a summer day in Detroit in like 1975.
“I should put on some hoochie daddy shorts t o do my part and bless the world with flashes of my thigh.”ĪGAIN, I have my own theories as to where the term hoochie daddy shorts originated but let’s start with where the term (probably) first popped up - on TikTok from Black MOC dykes and studs. Hoochie Daddy Shorts (hooCHē dadē SHôrts )Ī pair of form-fitting shorts on a hottie who may be a more masc of center person that hit mid-thigh.