captain save a hoe
- noun
- Offensive
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salvador de putas (ofensivo, coloquial, EE. UU.)
- He acts like a real captain save a hoe whenever a woman is in trouble.
Examples
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Don't be such a captain save a hoe!
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She warned him that his captain save a hoe attitude might get him into trouble someday.
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Everyone teased Marcus for being a captain save a hoe when he intervened in yet another argument.
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Online forums often mock users who act like captain save a hoe toward people they've never met.
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Everyone teased Marcus for being a captain save a hoe when he intervened in yet another argument.
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She warned him that his captain save a hoe attitude might get him into trouble someday.
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Online forums often mock users who act like captain save a hoe toward people they've never met.
Synonyms
5
7.7
A man who is polite and attentive to women
Antonyms
How Protective
- Offensive
- Jargon
2
6.7
- US
194
3.2
79
1.0
84
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although the parts 'captain' and 'save' suggest rescuing and 'hoe' is an insulting slang term, the full phrase is a culturally specific, derogatory slang label whose pragmatic meaning (a man who habitually tries to rescuing women in a self-important or excessive way) is idiomatic. A B1 learner who only knows the literal words would not reliably derive the social/pragmatic nuance or recognize this fixed slang usage without prior exposure.
Etymology
Captain save a hoe comes from a comic image: picture a proud captain running to save a hoe (a woman the speaker calls that rude word). That picture became a joke for a man who keeps trying to 'rescue' or help women in a foolish or showy way, so the phrase means a man who helps women too much.