Legal News: Ho Edition

Taking a page out of Brooke's book*, I present you with an amusing tidbit from the legal world. From an actual court opinion (Ct. of App. for the 7th Circuit):

n1The trial transcript quotes Ms. Hayden as saying Murphy called
her a snitch bitch “hoe.” A “hoe,” of course, is a tool used for
weeding and gardening. We think the court reporter, unfamiliar
with rap music (perhaps thankfully so), misunderstood Hayden’s
response. We have taken the liberty of changing “hoe” to “ho,” a staple of rap music vernacular as, for example, when Ludacris
raps “You doin’ ho activities with ho tendencies.”

(Full cite, for the super legal dorks: United States v. Murphy, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 7695)

For more on the word "Ho," click here. (I'm at the bottom.)

*Note to Brooke: Don't worry, I have no plans to make this a regular fixture here at Arguend-Ho. I just couldn't pass this one up.