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So, I am not a native English speaker. I am from India and some of the sentences that I hear from certain movies leave me dumbfounded.

So, the other day I was watching Suicide Squad and I heard Will Smith say, "So, you one of them deaf hoes?" Now, what is that supposed to mean?

Let me make one thing clear: I do know the meaning of hoe (cough).

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  • This is probably better on ELL rather than ELU. But a quick answer is it's just slang. The "correct" sentence should be "So, you are on of those deaf hoes?". – DRF Jun 23 '17 at 07:20
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    I'm sure this is a duplicate of some old well-received post. – NVZ Jun 23 '17 at 07:43
  • Lemme guess. Will Smith is playing a cop, and he approaches a street-walker for information, and she is acting as if she doesn't even hear him. This is street talk. – Xanne Jun 23 '17 at 07:53
  • @NVZ I am pretty sure it isn't. – Abhishekstudent Jun 23 '17 at 08:13
  • https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/150674/using-them-instead-of-those –  Jun 23 '17 at 08:19
  • @Abhishekstudent This type of usage is in the dictionary: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/them See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_do_you_like_them_apples – michael.hor257k Jun 23 '17 at 08:22

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