hun
/hʌn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.38 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman involved in a multi-level marketing scheme, especially one who pushes it on social media.
Slang
noun
noun
Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”).
noun
A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
noun
A vandal, a barbarian, an uncivilized destructive person.
Example Sentences
- "So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? [title]"
- "Answer: you are a hun – but a high-end hun, one who knows her wine, her music, her interiors and her labels, and whose reluctance to do Dry January, or go vegan makes her such great company, this month and every month."
- "It’s no wonder she’s become a central figure in “hun culture” – an online subculture that idolises a certain strata of famous working-class British women, while also taking the mick out of her leopard print kettle and weakness for a premixed gin-in-a-tin cocktail."
- "This corporate love-bombing can serve a hun well, bagging them new downlines and potentially more money (MLMs are renowned for extremely low pay)."
- "Instead of blaming MLM "huns," we should direct our anger at the companies that are knowingly putting so many people in debt and alienating them from their communities."
- "Doubtless the first German band to return to England will be composed of the most gentle peace and beer-loving Huns that ever visited our favoured shores."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Hūnas, Hunni, Οὗννος, -
Usage
- Informal
- British usage
- Slang
- Derogatory