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a person who grew up in a hood-neighborhood and/or around hood activity, but did not grow up in a hood household in the hood-neighborhood, and does not exude hood characteristics. This person is familiar with the hood, feels a special closeness to it, and loves participating in hood activities when invited.
These people are sometimes perceived as stuck-up or bourgeois, but were more than likely sheltered, and proud to associated with their neighborhood.
Nah she not hood… she “hood adjacent”… she grew up in our hood, rode the school bus with us and all, but she couldn’t hang with us like that.
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Having the qualities and mannerisms of a bro, while not reaching the social status needed for bro-dom.
See:
Kyle, lover of monster drinks and punching holes in walls.
Trevor, seemingly a textbook bro could not afford a bro-dozer; only owning a S-10, was therefore demoted to bro-adjacent.
Meaning you don't use marijuana, but you don't mind if someone else does.
For use in a dating profile.
420 friendly = let's smoke weed togeter
420 adjacent = I don't smoke, but you can smoke around me.
People in North America who are of Northern European ancestry, but not quite English ancestry.
Someone called me an Anglo today, but I'm actually German. Eh, close enough. I'm Anglo-adjacent.
A neighborhood that is almost a part of the hood or is in very close proximity to the hood rat.
Bobby’s house is hood-adjacent.
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In business, being mistaken for knowing something when you've only heard enough to be dangerous.
Go talk to Sheila. She's the one running the department. I'm just knowledge adjacent.
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A man who is a heterosexual, but has tendencies that are typically seen in gay men.
Elin: So do you think Walter is gay, or just gay adjacent?
Blair: Definitely gay adjacent. Walter doesn't date men.