Oh it is certainly a tool for gardening This could be considered slang. Though the term's been used derogatorily quite often recently called, 'hoe' originated in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and evolved into an all-purpose slur that almost invariably attaches itself phonologically or in writing with back vowels, dropping the consonant of whatever possessed case prefix a word was addressing In use, often pejorative and containing a variable range of meanings, it is most commonly linked with promiscuity. It provides food for thought on the grounds of universal legality and morality associated with sex expressions: two individuals each has sexual relations with the other party's spouse while remaining married themselves.