Describes something scruffy, rough or done cheap-and-nasty. Use with care: it has a loaded history as an ethnic slur, so it's an in-group word.
"We did a hori fix on the fence with number 8 wire."
"That's a hori-looking letterbox, bro."
Insults & Banter · New Zealand slang
Hori
Origin & notes
Historically offensive; reclaimed in some communities. Context matters a lot.
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