Monthly Archives: May 2005

Hoopty is a slang word for car, believed to have originated in hip-hop vocabulary. The word can be used as a generic term for any automobile, but connotes an embarrassing or a less-than-desirable car. Hoopties are often contrasted against the more-desirable vehicles often mentioned in rap and hip-hop music. Known for incredibly loud mufflers… If any.Used in a sentence:” Is big momma back from da’ store with my hoopty?”And for those of you who don’t know ‘big momma’ – big mamma:African American ( although I found it used with southern Caucasians too/also) definition of a Grandmother, matriarc of the family… READ MORE!