too whorey
- adjective
- /tu ˈhɔri/
- Offensive
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demasiado provocador
- I think that outfit is too whorey for a job interview.
Examples
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Some people thought her dress was too whorey for the school dance.
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He made a rude comment about her outfit being too whorey for a business meeting.
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She worried her new top looked too whorey, so she chose something more modest.
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She wore a dress that was too whorey for the family gathering.
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She worried that her new dress was too whorey for the formal event, so she changed before leaving.
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After looking in the mirror, he decided his shirt was too whorey to wear to dinner with his parents.
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Some attendees felt the costume she chose for the party was too whorey and not suitable for the occasion.
Synonyms
33
7.8
Not proper or polite for a situation
25
9.0
Clothing or style that shows a lot of skin to attract sexual attention
2
9.1
Dressed or acting in a way that looks sexually showy and not tasteful
Antonyms
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
too + whorey
The phrase is compositionally built from the intensifier 'too' plus an adjectival form derived from 'whore' (whore + -y), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer 'excessively whore-like' → overly provocative or revealing. Although it's slang and derogatory, the meaning follows a regular morphological pattern and is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Too whorey comes from the word whore, an old word for a prostitute, plus the ending -y to mean 'like'. It creates the image of clothes that look too much like those worn by sex workers, so people use it to call something 'too revealing' or 'indecent'.